Archive for August, 2008

Is it necessary to use house wrap with vinyl siding?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Kohato asked:


We recently installed vinyl siding to our forty-some-odd year old house. The contractor neither removed the old house wrap, which was severely worn, nor install a new one.

My concern is: is it okay to install siding even without a house wrap, and is it fine to just leave the old layer on?

Sue

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Does anyone what kind of hangers to use on vinyl siding?

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
wastingtime asked:


I want to hang some decorations and/or flower pots on the vinyl siding that my deck abutts to.
Any ideas?

Cory
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Do I need to remove all the previous siding before installing new Vinyl siding? why?

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
fd0110 asked:


Hi,
I want to install new vinyl siding on my house, and I have got some quotes from different contractors However some have said that it is better to remove all of the old layers of different siding on the house and some have said just to remove the first layer that’s aluminum siding and leave the layer under in place…..nobody offered and explanation as to why I should remove them all the contractor who sudgested to leave the older layers said that it was better for insulation…..is that true? what’s the right thing to do and why ?

Tracy
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