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Just curious if anyone else does this because I've never seen it mentioned in any vinyl siding manufacturer literature or vsi.
When running vinyl on a wall with seams if you follow directions to a T and leave 1/4" at the end then nail dead center of every slot, the piece can be slid out 3/4" away from the pocket.
Pics are of the situation i'm trying to explain.
My solution has been to only allow the piece 1/4" to move with the nail closest to the pocket. So if you grab the piece and wiggle it, it will only move 1/4" in and out of the corner post but the whole rest of it is free to expand and contract in the other direction.
I started doing this years ago when I noticed panels on older jobs worked themselves out over time, and walking around the house seeing the cut edges barely in the corner is pretty nasty.
Sometimes in the back of my mind I worry if they could ever refuse warranty for this though.
When running vinyl on a wall with seams if you follow directions to a T and leave 1/4" at the end then nail dead center of every slot, the piece can be slid out 3/4" away from the pocket.
Pics are of the situation i'm trying to explain.
My solution has been to only allow the piece 1/4" to move with the nail closest to the pocket. So if you grab the piece and wiggle it, it will only move 1/4" in and out of the corner post but the whole rest of it is free to expand and contract in the other direction.
I started doing this years ago when I noticed panels on older jobs worked themselves out over time, and walking around the house seeing the cut edges barely in the corner is pretty nasty.
Sometimes in the back of my mind I worry if they could ever refuse warranty for this though.
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