Vinyl Siding

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Vinyl Siding Offset Adapter

• Because nails must not go all the way in.
• Amazon - picture - [1]
• YT-
  • Bearded Builder - likes his $40 3D printed offset adapter [2]
  • Nailing adapter in action appears to be 5-10x faster [3], advertised as 400% faster. [4]
• 3D printed adapter - [5]

Vinyl Siding Calculator

Vinyl Siding Calculator. SEH 2 case of 2500 sf [6] shows installed cost of $5.5/sf of siding, total of $13.6k. Note that our siding cost $4000 as bought - vs $7k for the low cost in the calculator.

Installation Instructions

• Undersill trim - [7]. Goes under and over apertures.
• Abtco video - notches in top panels which snap into undersill trim are missing - beware - [8]. Source website - [9]
• https://www.vinylsiding.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-VSI-Installation-Manual.pdf
• This one is quite good: https://www.familyhandyman.com/project/how-to-install-vinyl-siding/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy2-Bu5e41Q
• With hand-drawn pictures - [10]
• Roofing nails are used - [11]
• What happens if vinyl siding is nailed down too tight (scroll down to pic at bottom of thread): https://www.contractortalk.com/threads/vinyl-siding-does-this-make-any-sense.85142/

Junctions

J Channel

• At top - leave a 1/4" space (page 16 of [12] shows inner corner trim - which we can assume goes for j-channel
• J channel, vertical spacing and junction -
• Starter strip - adjacent junction - 1/4" between strips, 1/4" to edge of J-channel on side

Siding

• Overlap siding 1" sideways

Nails

• 1/8" shank, 5/16" head or larger.
• Staples
• Screws

BOM

BOM - [13]