Can I put vinyl siding over the shingles on my house?

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Carbon steel asked:


Can the vinyl siding go direct into wood shingles and still look good? Or do i have to strip them all off?

Jessie
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    5 Responses to “Can I put vinyl siding over the shingles on my house?”

    1. nicos_mommy2005 Says:
      September 17th, 2008 at 7:57 am

      You need to remove the wood shingles in order for the vinyl siding to sit correctly.

    2. gestr44 Says:
      September 17th, 2008 at 8:09 am

      I would tare it off if it was own house.
      You might be able to float the siding over the old wil a foan backed siding, then you have to pack out the windows and doors because the ” J ” chanel is about 7/8″ proud, but i would still tare it off

    3. dirty turkies Says:
      September 20th, 2008 at 8:32 am

      i would take the shingles off.

    4. rich2481 Says:
      September 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

      you can install right over the shingled siding, my brother from CT just did it, looks nice,

    5. Jim Says:
      September 21st, 2008 at 8:30 pm

      I’m assuming that you have cedar shake shingles. To overlay or not…..that is the question. It really depends on what’s beneath the cedar shakes. If you have a good nailing substrate like plywood, OSB, etc. and there are no major bulges etc. in the shakes, go ahead and overlay them. However, if you don’t have a good nailing substrate, cedar is not a good nailing surface (they split, crack, etc.). As someone else pointed out - if you overlay, expect to pack out the door and window jambs because of the J-channel which goes around them. To have the J-channel sticking out past the jambs would be unsightly as heck. You could use what’s called “fan-fold insulation” behind the new siding. Between that and the existing shakes (if you do overlay them) you’ll have a nice insulating factor.