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

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]