After the house has the sheathing on the outside walls, the windows and doors are
installed and it is wrapped in Tyvek, you are ready for the siding. We decided to go
with vinyl siding rather than brick as we preferred the look of siding over brick.
Here is the first section of siding going onto the house
The siding took longer than we originally thought due to the fact that we used styrofoam
sheathing rather than OSB/Plywood. The installers had to hunt for the studs like we did
when we installed the sheathing and they had to use longer nails than what is normally
used when installing siding. The house, especially in the front with the bow windows,
has a lot of different angles and sizes which means that almost every piece had to be cut
and fitted.
Another thing that slowed them down was that they had to go back and install the outdoor
receptable cases after they had the siding already up since we had not had the locations
determined when they started and we didn't have the electrical boxes installed yet.
Here is the back almost done.
The final thing that slowed up the siding installers was the fact that we didn't have the
garage built yet, so they could only install the siding on three sides of the house.
If you choose to go with siding, choose an installer that will take the time to fit the
corners and angles in correctly. On a house like ours, if they had not taken the time, it
would have been really noticeable. Also look for installers that wipe down the siding before
they install it onto the house, it will make the house look clean and crisp.
The last part of the siding job is to install the soffit and the facia board. The soffit is the
area of your house between the outside of the walls and the facia board that is on
the ends of the roof trusses. The majority of the time, sections of soffit are installed that
have tiny holes in them.
These holes allow air to enter into the attic to provide ventilation and to prevent the build
up of condensation on the ceiling of the attic. By keeping the condensation to a minimum,
you can extend the life of the wood on your roof.
Here is the siding going onto the garage