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Vinyl Siding Installation
Vinyl Siding Installation TIPS
Small single-story house might be a DIY candidate
Try siding your shed first to acquire skills
Read installation manuals - don't nail tight!!!
Put blade backwards on circular saw
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DEAR TIM: What can you tell me about vinyl-siding installation? I like the no-maintenance aspect of vinyl siding, and it looks easy enough to install.
What important vinyl-siding installation instructions can you share with me? What tools will I need to get professional results on my one-story house? Patty S., Scranton, PA
DEAR PATTY: The installation of vinyl siding is not as hard as it may seem, but there are indeed plenty of tricks that one needs to know to get really professional results.
Single Story Can Be DIY
This happens to be one task a determined homeowner can tackle if she/he really can follow directions, think ahead and pay attention to details. I would have probably advised you to hire a professional had you told me you have a two-story home.
Start On No-Window Wall
The best way, in my opinion, to see if you're up to the challenge and if you're satisfied with the results, is to start the job on a side of your home that has the least amount of windows, doors, or other things that are attached to the existing siding. All of these things represent obstacles when you do vinyl-siding installation.
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Download Installation Manual
This vinyl siding job could be done better. When water gets behind the siding, it will leak into the house and cause wood rot. PHOTO CREDIT: Tim Carter
Before you purchase the vinyl siding, do some investigation at the manufacturers' websites. Download their installation manuals.
You'll quickly discover that vinyl siding has some basic components with respect to how inside and outside corners are treated and how different trim pieces are used to terminate the vinyl siding around doors and windows.
Expansion & Contraction
You can get into trouble faster than an speeding bullet if you don't take into account how vinyl siding expands and contracts. Vinyl siding really grows as it's heated by the sun.
If you cut pieces too tight, or you nail pieces of vinyl siding too tightly to a wall, the siding will buckle and look horrible. Vinyl siding needs to float on a wall.
No TIGHT Nailing
It's a concept that goes against anything you have ever done before. My guess is that every time in your life you have pounded a nail with a hammer, you have driven the nail tightly. Don't ever do that with vinyl siding.
Special Tools
You'd be surprised at the specialized tools you'll find in a professional siding installer's tool belt and truck. There are tools that punch slots and notches in siding.
These are needed to interlock the siding in special trim pieces.
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Backwards Blade On Saw
You may discover a circular saw that has its blade on backwards. Some installers cut vinyl siding this way as it doesn't chew up the siding. Laser levels, ladders, stand-off scaffolding, etc. are all nice tools to have as well.
Aluminum Coil Stock
There are some issues that you may want to consider before you start the job. Some vinyl-siding jobs incorporate aluminum coil stock to cover parts of the house that are flat pieces of wood that you currently are painting.
Examples of these might be fascia boards, gutter boards, and wood molding around windows and doors. If your house has these, you are adding a layer of complexity to the job.
Metal-Bending Brake
You need special skills and a metal-bending brake to work with the aluminum coil stock. You can see these special tools at businesses that sell vinyl siding and the aluminum coil stock.
Extra Closed-Cell Foam Insulation
You should also consider upgrading your exterior insulation, air infiltration and weather barriers at this time. To get the best bang for all this effort, you may discover it's best to remove your existing siding.
Don't Bury Window & Door Trim
This allows you to add the needed components and not ruin the look of your home by burying the windows and doors. You can frequently see houses where vinyl siding has been installed over existing siding. The doors and windows appear to be unnaturally deep in the walls.
Volunteer To Learn
One last suggestion would be to get some on-the-job training. There are any number of great organizations that build homes for those in need. Perhaps one of these is active in your community. Habitat for Humanity is one.
These houses often have vinyl-siding exteriors. Perhaps you can volunteer to help build this house asking to be on the exterior crew that is doing the siding.
Cave Man Simple
The actual process of installing vinyl siding is not that complicated. It's just a matter of knowing a few tricks with respect to the initial layout and installation of the starter strips.
The first piece of siding installed determines how the job will look and how the siding goes up the walls. Keep in mind that the siding needs to be level and must overlap the foundation to keep the house weathertight.
Accessory Materials
There are always new inventions and accessories that can enhance the installation of vinyl siding. One of these happens to be metal strips that are installed on the walls of a house that help prevent buckling and spacing issues.
When installed with care, these strips also can ensure the siding looks flat and not wavy. Check for these strips at businesses that specialize in the sale of vinyl siding, roofing and other exterior products.
Side Your Shed
You should also try to experiment on a small structure to hone your skills. If you have an outdoor storage shed, maybe it's time for it to get a new look. After all, you would want it to match your home, so now is a good time to install siding on it. Make your mistakes here, not on the front wall of your home!
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Make It: DIY Photographic Pillow With Light-Sensitive Dye (on the Cheap!)
Who doesn't love a colorful pillow? Moreover, who doesn't love a bold, graphic colorful pillow with a personal touch? This simple technique allows you to print any image of your choosing onto fabric, then sew it up for a totally custom look. Right? Right. Let's make one!
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How to Slope Drain Lines
How To Slope Drain Lines TIPS
Drain and vent lines must slope - Period
Too much slope in a drain line is bad
WATCH plumbing vent pipe video below
Support pipes so slope is permanent
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Jennifer Brown, who lives in Panama City, FL, purchased a new home that's got some serious plumbing issues. Read this:
"We purchased a new home about a year ago and have had non-stop plumbing issues. After months of the plumber coming out and telling us there was no problem, it was discovered that one of our pipes was completely level, and since we have a gravity-fed sewer system, the waste was not flowing out to the main line.
After digging up our slab and fixing the slope on one of the pipes, we stopped having sewage back ups but still smelled sewer gas in our laundry room when we used the washing machine. After having the plumber come out once again, he determined that sewage and water were sitting in our pipes.
We are afraid that this is an indication of another pipe that does not have the proper slope. Our builder keeps telling us that it is normal for sewage and water to sit in these pipes since I this a gravity fed system.
Is this correct? The plumber that took video of our line showed us the standing water and waste an indicated that this shouldn't be happening.
I was hoping you could help me because I don't know enough about these types of issues to know if the builder is just trying to save money by not fixing this problem. Any insight would be greatly appreciated."
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Master Plumber Tim
I've had a very interesting journey. I'm a college-trained geologist, I became a master plumber before the age of 30 and then did custom building.
Because I'm all of the above, I feel I can speak to Jennifer's issue.
Scam Artists
Jennifer, the builder, and his plumber, are IDIOTS and SCAMMERS- and you can quote me on this. I'll also add the Panama City plumbing / building inspectors to the Idiot List too.
Pipes Must Slope
Plumbing AND vent lines are all supposed to be installed with pitch or fall. The generally accepted minimum pitch is 1/8 inch per foot of run.
You can also install pipes with 1/4 inch of fall per foot of run, but I'd be careful about exceeding that slope.
Vent Line Slope
Many homeowners are unaware of the network of vent lines that are part of a plumbing system. You almost always have as much pipe in vent lines as you do in drain lines.
While the vent lines are designed to deliver air to the system from the roof vent pipe, water vapor routinely condenses in the pipes.
This condensate must be allowed to drain back to the sewer or septic tank so the vent lines also must have a minimum fall of 1/8-inch per foot.
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Vent Piping Video
Watch this video to see the vast network of vent pipes in a house I plumbed in New Hampshire in 2016.
Too Much Creates Clogs
Plumbing drain lines that are pitched too steeply can clog because the liquids outrun the solids in the pipe. A slope of 1/4-inch per foot of run will ensure you never have issues.
Plumbing Rough-In Diagram
This is a drawing I made to show you the drain and vent lines in a full bathroom that was to be added to an existing home.
I'm a master plumber and I drew this in about ten minutes. It shows the fixtures in a bathroom that's being added to an existing home. The solid lines carry water and waste. The dashed lines only carry air and some condensation water. (C) Copyright 2017 Tim Carter - Master Plumber
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Tough Love Conversation
If I could be a tiny imp on your shoulder whispering in your ear when you next have these two noobs over at your house I think the conversation might go like this:
"Mr. Builder and Plumber. The last time you were here, you said it's normal for plumbing lines to be level, right?"
"Ms. Brown, that's correct."
"Well, I did some research. I talked with the local plumbing inspector and he gave me a copy of the code book. It states right there that all drain and vent lines MUST have slope to them so there is no standing water.
Furthermore, I talked with the head of the local sewage department here in Panama City. I asked him if it's a good idea to install sewer lines level. He CRACKED UP LAUGHING saying the sewer lines would rapidly clog up. What say you?"
(Shuffling of feet, throat-clearing noises, eyes pointed to ground) "Well, that's just someone's else's opinion."
"So how about Mother Nature? In the REAL WORLD all drain lines (brooks, streams, creeks and rivers) have SLOPE. Basins that have no slope like ponds, lakes and lagoons eventually FILL UP WITH sediment because there is no slope or fall to them. I want you to fix EVERY drain line in my house that doesn't have the proper fall to it."
Game, set and match.
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Tech entrepreneur renovates UK castle into a giant happy office space
When Chris Morling, founder and managing director of money.co.uk, decided to renovate a grade II-listed castle headquarters, he looked for a designer who thought out of the box and we dare say he got what he wanted. "famously flamboyant designer" Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen worked with Design Company, Interaction to create a vibrant, multi-colored office space that was inspired by the needs of the employees. https://youtu.be/KiSFafxBGpk Mr Morling told the Daily Mail that the inspiration...
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How to: Easy and Adorable DIY Pet Portrait Christmas Ornament
This holiday season, a group of the Curbly writers decided to team up and each of us created a simple and stylish new Christmas ornament. We're calling it the "Curbly Ornament Challenge" but there's not much competition involved...just a lot of fun, seasonal crafting. See all of the ornaments here.
My Christmas tree is filled with my pictures and things that represent everyone in my family. This year I decided to make a little ornament with a sweet picture of my dog. Piper, my Vizsla is getting older but she is well loved and I can't believe we have nothing representing her on our tree. I love these pet photo pillows so here is how I made an ornament version for my tree.
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