Really Cheap and Easy Siding - Fine Homebuilding
网页2003年10月17日 · Use 4×8 sheets of cement board siding. Need 26 sheets at $16/each for a total of $400ish. Then would require paint. I would rather spend less since we’ll be ripping it out. 3. sheets of corrugated metal. Would look sort …
How to Choose the Right Siding for Your House
网页Installation boosts cost. National averages indicate that it costs as much to install a square of fiber cement—$121—as it does to buy it. There are a few reasons for this: Fiber-cement siding is relatively heavy (a 4-ft. by 8-ft. panel weighs 73 lb., compared to about 20 lb. for a 12-ft. piece of 8-1⁄4-in. lap siding).
8 Ways to Make Vinyl Siding Look its Best - Fine Homebuilding
网页2009年9月22日 · 4. Use long panels. Manufacturers make longer panels than the standard 12 ft. Using longer panels can reduce telltale joints on a typical house by almost 50%. 5. Keep it Straight. Use intermittent control lines to maintain straight alignment. This avoids the waviness that occurs when laying up a tall wall of vinyl.
No overhang on gable ends - ideas? - Fine Homebuilding
网页alwaysoverbudget | Aug 29, 2007 04:33am | #5. easy way:go in cut the siding back four inches and put 4" pc of miratech for trim and paint it a contrating color. harder: do like another poster mentioned and extend a overhang and box it in. larry. hand me the chainsaw, i need to trim the casing just a hair.
Cost-Effective Passive Houses - Fine Homebuilding
网页Parenthetically, Leonard adds: “In Nova Scotia, we have a $10,000 rebate incentive for energy-efficient homes, so we can build a Passive House for the same cost as a code-built house. Our typical upgrade cost is between 5% and 10% from code.”. Passive Design Solutions has completed over 100 Passive House projects that are Net-Zero Ready ...
A Smarter Way to Flash - Fine Homebuilding
网页Installation Guide. Step flashing comes first. Tucked under the building paper and woven into the roof shingles, step flashing keeps water out of the corner where the roof meets the wall. Secure the top half of the counterflashing to the wall. Keep this “receiver metal” slightly above the top of the step flashing so that the step flashing ...
Streamlined Skirtboard - Fine Homebuilding
网页Streamlined Skirtboard. Boral TruExterior composite skirtboards blend right into the clapboards above and are impervious to water damage. By Justin Fink Issue 289 - Feb/Mar 2020. Ready-made skirt stock. TruExterior’s skirtboard stock is available in 1×6, 1×8, 5/4×6, and 5/4×8 sizes, in smooth or woodgrain face textures.
Upgrading the Basic Trim Package for a Colonial Home
网页The most basic colonial home starts with a trim package in which all of the elements are the same. The skirtboard, corner boards, frieze, and window and door casings all have the same dimensions. With no crowns, cornices, coves, and the like, the whole elevation is flat with no distinguishing character. Even the windows, with no divided lites ...
Kickout Flashing: How to Flash Troublesome Roof-to-Wall …
网页Apply housewrap tape over all nail holes. Place the kickout flashing at the eave edge and draw the outline on the houswrap for reference. Then 4 in. above the top of the kickout flashing outline, make a horizontal cut in the housewrap about a foot to the left and right of the kickout wing position.
What to Consider When Choosing Black Siding - Fine Homebuilding
网页A couple of composite products you might consider are LP SmartSide, an engineered wood siding, and Boral TruExterior, a blend of resins and fly ash. The COTE for the LP SmartSide is 0.0000017 in./in.°F, which means a 10-ft. length will expand less than 1⁄32 in. when the material temperature increases by 100°F. LP doesn’t limit choice of ...