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Cedar Siding milled to order delivered to jobsite. Cedar house siding - prices and pictures, grade descriptions and pattern diagrams. Buy exterior cedar siding.

I'm a rookie with this. First time building a rainscreen. I've got my WBB on the house and would like to apply my 3/8 strapping to create and airgap. I picked up a few hundred feet of 4' bug screen and I will first apply a layer top and bottom, then my strapping and then staple the bug screen on-top of the strapping making the air gap, hopefully, bug free.

Through-wall flashing is used to divert moisture, which has entered the wall, to the outside, before it can cause damage. This flashing method is considered the most satisfactory method of preventing leaks except in areas exposed to earthquakes.

In this Q. & A., editorial adviser Mike Guertin gives advice and tips on how to fix fiber-cement siding problems. Many of today’s manufactured siding, trim, decking, and roofing materials must be installed with spacing to permit expansion and to reduce the chance of wicking water.

Removable two-part counterflashing allows access to roof flashings without digging in to the wall.

Get the details right when you install vinyl siding and you'll save yourself hours of frustration later on. These 13 simple tips will help.

I’ve not blogged since late July. Not enough rain days to warrant the focus needed. However, it’s now the day after September 11th and the time has come for an update.

Watch Ben Bogie, residential builder and production manager from Portland, Maine, as he walks us through all the steps necessary to install ZIP System wall sheathing on a home.

OK this keeps resurfacing so I thought I would see what others have come up with. When using metal siding (corrugated or sim.) dealing with the window head always seems to be a bit of a conundrum.Typically I see a piece of "J" flash utilized. But this usually points up, which may conceal the cut of the cladding panel, but consequently also catches water. Seems wrong. I have been trying to come up with an alternative and drew the attached, but surely someone more intelligent than I must have…