Vinyl Siding Source

[ddawg16]

Who has experience with vinyl siding and....where can I buy it?

I don't have that much to do....but I got one quote....installed....works out to about $15/sq'.....

The only source I have found so far is for Certainteed....and the color we want is not a stock item....which means we would have to order 600' of j-channel along withe 3 squares of shake....I don't want to end up with a bunch of stuff left over...

Suggestions?

 

[nate379]

$15 a square for just the labor I am guessing? That is a good price!

I priced out vinyl a couple days ago and the stuff to match my house was $200 a square. I am figuring around $1700 to do my 16x20 shed.

Certainteed is what I have on the house. 4.5" Classic Dutchlap. Cypress color with the Select Cedar finish.

I don't know what my parents put up but at the joints the overlap has made scratch marks in the color of the siding from the hot/cold movement. You can see the marks it when it's cold out.

 

[Gary S]

You can get vinyl siding at any lumber yard or building supplier like Menards or Lowes. Menards carries about 10 different brands and styles, and each of them comes in lots of colors. Just go out and look.

I put vinyl siding on my garage. Like all plastic, expect a short life. Plastics break, crumble, and deteriorate in the sun. I put my siding on in Sept of '04. In July of '05, I got some hail and it punched holes in the siding. I replaced the pieces with holes, and haven't had another hail storm, so it is now 5 years old. I expect the next hail storm will finish it off and I'll replace it with steel siding. I have steel siding on my house that is about 10 years old. The steel has withstood multiple hail storms without damage, and it looks better than the plastic siding that is half the age of the steel.
Steel costs a lot more, but you get what you pay for. Plastic is plastic. Expect it to perform like plastic.

 

[Burl]

If you get any color, just make sure that it is solid through the siding, so that if you scratch it, there won't be a darker or lighter mark where the scratch is.

 

[east_tn_emc]

I finished up siding my garage about 2 weeks ago. I asked a few builders that I knew where they bought it, and also looked in the phonebook for vinyl siding (and metal roofing) suppliers and found one about 10 minutes from my house. They were able to order any color I wanted and would have it for me within one to two days.
My building supply store was able to get it too, but was a little more expensive than the Vinyl and Metal roof supply place I used.

Note that it was SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE at the local blue box store and orange box store too.

The place I ordered it from spent time with me to make sure I had all my estimates correct and that I hadnt forgotten anything either.

 

[dipper]

Note that it was SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE at the local blue box store and orange box store too.

x2 and the selection is not as good.

I bought all the siding materials for my 20x22 garage for about $1200.
I hung the siding myself after getting quotes for 2500 to install it. It was actually pretty easy and kind of fun. It is pretty easy to work with.

 

[Gary S]

Definitely check out Menards if you have one near you. I paid about $700 for my vinyl siding for my 24x48 garage with 10' walls. I installed it myself.

 

[nate379]

Here Lowe's and Home Deport don't carry siding.

 

[Kevin54]

Here Lowe's and Home Deport don't carry siding.

Pages 4 & 5 of the Lowes site shows all 4 stores around you carry Georgia-Pacific. I thought all of the box stores carried it.

 

[mikester]

Ive had Certainteed siding on my 109 year old house for 15 years and its still in good shape. Of course the color faded a little but at the point I could care less. I was staining the whole house every few years. Vinyl is final ! I just had my garage done 2 years ago to cover up the 25 year old T-111. The only thing that looks really faded is the white aluminum trim.

 

[ddawg16]

Pages 4 & 5 of the Lowes site shows all 4 stores around you carry Georgia-Pacific. I thought all of the box stores carried it.

I went to my local Lowes because their web site said they had it....when I asked about it, the directed me down to flooring....When I said "vinyl SIDING" he said "Huh?"

I think I found a source.....looks like I can get what I need for about $500-$600.

I found some good info on how to install....but like most projects...there are a few 'things' not covered in the book....

Anyone have any words of wisdom?

 

[tatra]

make a jig for a circular saw to crosscut the pieces and put the blade in backwards.........the jig is handy if you have a lot of cuts to make.........use aviation snips, buy the accesories as needed for lights etc..........don't hammer the nails home, has to have freedom for expansion and contraction.........stagger your overlaps...........and overlap so as to look appeasing from the street...........have fun..........

 

[nate379]

Webpage is wrong. They have metal gutters on the website as well, none on the store.

Pages 4 & 5 of the Lowes site shows all 4 stores around you carry Georgia-Pacific. I thought all of the box stores carried it.

 

[MT Pockets]

make a jig for a circular saw to crosscut the pieces and put the blade in backwards.........the jig is handy if you have a lot of cuts to make.........use aviation snips, buy the accesories as needed for lights etc..........don't hammer the nails home, has to have freedom for expansion and contraction.........stagger your overlaps...........and overlap so as to look appeasing from the street...........have fun..........

Hi there!

Long time lurker, first post. I know this isn't the place for a formal intro, so I'll skip it for now. When Tatra mentioned building a jig to help with cutting the vinyl and soffit hit home with me. When I added a second floor to my house, I of coarse resided the whole thing in vinyl and built a jig. I searched the internet and came up with, and built this....


MT Pockets <Gene>

 

[Kevin54]

make a jig for a circular saw to crosscut the pieces and put the blade in backwards.........the jig is handy if you have a lot of cuts to make.........use aviation snips, buy the accesories as needed for lights etc..........don't hammer the nails home, has to have freedom for expansion and contraction.........stagger your overlaps...........and overlap so as to look appeasing from the street...........have fun..........

You can also use a compound miter saw to make your cuts. Use a plywood blade and reverse it.

 

[nate379]

I was talking to my Dad about siding a few weeks ago and when he did their house, garage and his shop he used a 19.2V C Man trim saw with the blade backward to cut most of the stuff.

 

[NUTTSGT]

I believe the blade I used was a paneling blade, backwards. Just make sure it's a fine tooth blade.

Make sure your starter strip is level when you start and take your time.

 

[Gary S]

I cut all of my siding with a tin snips. It is much faster to cut it by hand with a tool that fits in your back pocket than to drag around extension cords and heavy power tools.

 

[tfi racing]

make a jig for a circular saw to crosscut the pieces and put the blade in backwards.........the jig is handy if you have a lot of cuts to make.........use aviation snips, buy the accesories as needed for lights etc..........don't hammer the nails home, has to have freedom for expansion and contraction.........stagger your overlaps...........and overlap so as to look appeasing from the street...........have fun..........

Just finished my garage recently,Tatra pretty much covers it all,it is that simple.I made a simple jig out of scrap lumber and used my 18V circular saw to make the cuts.I had a local small town lumber yard order it up for me,they were cheaper than the big box stores and the #1 contractor's yard,so it pays to make a few phone calls.The important thing is to let the vinyl "float" on the nails as it does expand and contract lengthwise quite a bit.

 

[JamieK]

Overlap the pieces away from the main views of the house. In other words, when your walking in the front door, you don't want to look down the side of your house and see the "end grain".

Another tip about nailing - nail in the center of the slots. The piece need to be able to slide a little back and forth after its installed so it can contract/expand.

Jamie

 

[nate379]

Leave the nails loose as well. After the panel is nailed up you should be able to grab the ends and slide it sideways at least a 1/4". If your like me it just seems wrong to not put 50 nails and pound them as hard as I can, but the siding has to "float" on the walls.

 

[east_tn_emc]

Leave the nails loose as well. After the panel is nailed up you should be able to grab the ends and slide it sideways at least a 1/4". If your like me it just seems wrong to not put 50 nails and pound them as hard as I can, but the siding has to "float" on the walls.

Yes...you will be surprised at just how "loose" everything is once it is up. Just take it slow and steady....take your time and figure it all out. I did buy a sawblade made specifically for vinyl siding. It worked very well.

When you are working on the sides, take a step back every few rows and make sure that:
1) the runs are straight.
2) the lines match up to the adjacent side so it all looks even.

A actually enjoyed working with the coil-stock most of all. Bending on the brake was a blast. It reminded me that my high-school geometry teacher told me that I really would use geometry in adult life (laugh).

 

[ddawg16]

Thanks for all the input guys......

The siding will be delivered tomorrow.....

I'll post pics and status as I go.....

 

[tatra]

what was said about looking at it every so often is good advice as there is some "play" to be used to adjust incase the level go south............