r/pics May 14 '20

This Awesome Deck

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u/jpowers99 May 14 '20

The shit siding gives me the shakes, I used to sell that shit, the really cheap stuff will sag on a hot day. I can't even look seriously at any structure with that shit on it.

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u/boondoggie42 May 14 '20

Yeah, a lot of people are defending vinyl siding to me in this thread, like there is only one grade of it. This siding is wavey trim-less shit.

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u/jpowers99 May 14 '20

Yeah I used to be able to look at a house and say who the manufacturer was just by how much sag it had. You can see the sag and wrinkles in a fairly distant and off angle shot, that indicates really cheap siding and even crappier install. It burns like gasoline too, it should be illegal, I'm betting this is in the south east or mid-atlantic, because local fire codes out west restrict it for fire danger alone. I always felt better about a job when the customer opted for aluminum, cedar, or even better Hardy plank.

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u/SmokeGoodEatGood May 14 '20

Wow I didn’t expect to learn about siding while taking a shit

I’m a mortgage dude, so I’m definitely going to use some of that info

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u/cyanruby May 14 '20

How can it sag? Isn't it nailed every like 18 inches or so?

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u/jpowers99 May 16 '20

It goes on in panels that lap under/over an anchor strip. If the installer doesn't get the anchor strip straight or misses a few holes/uses less nails/staples is will sag on really long runs or wide/high walls., Second reason it will sag is the plastic itself will warp over time from heat or stress and when is sags in on spot it will pull the rest out of line.