Really Cheap and Easy Siding - Fine Homebuilding
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 of funky and maybe almost good with our log house.
How to Choose the Right Siding for Your House
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
2009年9月22日 · 8 TIPS FOR BETTER VINYL SIDING: 1. Use J-channel sparingly. Vinyl panels expand and contract, so they need to be slid into pockets to hide end gaps. Integral window and door trim with built-in J-channel, cellular PVC or rigid foam corner boards with rabeted pockets, and furred out trim eliminate the need for J-channel.
No overhang on gable ends - ideas? - Fine Homebuilding
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.
Designing and Building Dormers - Fine Homebuilding
A well-planned construction sequence contains the debris and keeps the rain out of the house. How-To 2. Four Steps to Flash a Dormer. This leak-free approach begins with an impenetrable corner detail. Design 3. Adding a Dormer Opens Up a Cramped Bathroom. A better suite bath is possible thanks to additional headroom.
Tin can siding - Fine Homebuilding
2003年6月24日 · Started to think unconventionaly a couple of months ago. Came up with the idea of saving all the cans from food, cutting out both ends, cutting along the seam, flatten out… and viola’, a shiny shake. Clean and polish, then dip in a good metal sealer. Apply just like regular shingles. Very small lap showing, of course.
Upgrading the Basic Trim Package for a Colonial Home
By Bud Dietrich Issue 260 - June/July 2016. BASIC IS BORING 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 ...
Kickout Flashing: How to Flash Troublesome Roof-to-Wall …
The narrower step flashing just isn’t wide enough to protect the intersection fully. 10. Finish with tape. Finally, the housewrap can be laid up on the wall to cover the top of the kickout diverter and step flashings. I cut the wrap at the turnout in the diverter and seal the top of the cut with housewrap tape.
The Efficient Way to Trim Exterior Windows - Fine Homebuilding
1 Slot the legs and the head. When the head and legs are different thicknesses, register the fence to the back of the stock. Register off the face when joining heads and legs of the same thickness. 2 Toenail the corners. Place a toenail in the inside …
Using galvanized metal for siding - Fine Homebuilding
2009年9月25日 · Using galvanized metal for siding. I am attracted to the idea of using inexpensive corrugated galvanized metal roofing material to side my new house. I think it would go well with the modern architecture and the wooded setting. I am a longtime, faithful reader of Fine Homebuilding but am (forgive me) still confused about the insulation/venting ...