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In article <Lwt9g.197$343.179@trnddc06>, derjda@hotmail.com says...
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>i was wondering just how hard it would be to vinyl or aluminum side a house
>yourself. anyone ever done it?
Vinyl siding a *newly constructed* house, garage, etc, is very straight
forward. You can get a tutoral online at vinylsiding.org. You do not need any
expensive special tools as long as you are willing to work a little slower
cutting the pieces by hand. The new windows, doors and other openings are made
to accept siding easily.
But re-siding a house that has existing siding is a whole different story. You
will have to (usually) make your own trim around the windows and doors. You
will need a siding brake to bend all this trim from coil stock, or hire it out.
You need to provide nailing strips to cover the old siding and attach the new,
although that depends on what type of siding is there to begin with.
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Dennis
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