Old Siding Looks Like Shingles Freying Apart

Using detailed examples and photos of leaky building siding siding stains ice or other leak clues for vinyl siding we illustrate the installation mistakes or subsequent siding damage that can cause troublesome even dangerous leaks into a building wall or wall.

Old siding looks like shingles freying apart.

The main difference is that the bottom back of the boards are rabbited or has a section or a shelf cut from it so that it fits tightly over the top of the board in the row beneath. Asphalt shingles as siding go back at least to the late 1920s. Paint can hide wood rot so poke the siding with the tip of the. In those days there were no self sealing strips.

The cost ranges from 65 to 2 00 per sq ft. Although homes you have seen with hardiboard siding may look like cedar wood siding there is a difference. Determine when the shingles were installed on your roof. If you don t know the age of the shingles inspect them for wear.

Shingles come in a variety of different looks from evenly spaced squares to irregular shakes both of which are available in wood stains and a painted to allow you to customize the look of your home. Siding leak diagnosis and repair. I would like to know. I did a wander through local neighborhoods a while back and found two houses with old asphalt shingle siding still in place.

This article describes the causes of all types of leaks in building siding and wall coverings. Roofing siding this old house has asphalt siding the type that comes in panels that measure about 18 x 28 inches designed to look like several courses of brick. It is available in many colors and in different forms such as shakes vertical panels shingles horizontal panels fish scales beaded designs and lap. For 30 years i put a cwf uv coat on it this was applied about every 3 5 years after a bleach wash.

If they look old they might have asbestos fibers in them. I think they had less total exposure to the weather. Like shingles the tops of the boards are wider than the bottom. It can be made to look like other natural materials such as stone and shingles.

If your home has wood siding examine the siding around and beneath the windows for signs of swelling or discoloration. Asphalt siding material was made in two common versions one much like asphalt roof shingles but in larger sheets right side of the building photo near the top of this article and the other was comprised of an asphalt coating laminated to hardboard siding material or laminated to a softer wood based insulating board panel often sold as insulbrick or insulstone siding depending on the manufacturer. Cedar siding and shingles 7 16. They seemed to last a lot longer than shingles on roofs.

Asbestos shingles were so common during the 20th century that almost any shingles installed between 1920 and 1986 probably include asbestos.