Can I put vinyl siding over the shingles on my house?
April 29, 2010 by
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Can the vinyl siding go direct into wood shingles and still look good? Or do i have to strip them all off?
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You need to remove the wood shingles in order for the vinyl siding to sit correctly.
I would tare it off if it was own house.
You might be able to float the siding over the old wil a foan backed siding, then you have to pack out the windows and doors because the ” J ” chanel is about 7/8″ proud, but i would still tare it off
i would take the shingles off.
you can install right over the shingled siding, my brother from CT just did it, looks nice,
I’m assuming that you have cedar shake shingles. To overlay or not…..that is the question. It really depends on what’s beneath the cedar shakes. If you have a good nailing substrate like plywood, OSB, etc. and there are no major bulges etc. in the shakes, go ahead and overlay them. However, if you don’t have a good nailing substrate, cedar is not a good nailing surface (they split, crack, etc.). As someone else pointed out – if you overlay, expect to pack out the door and window jambs because of the J-channel which goes around them. To have the J-channel sticking out past the jambs would be unsightly as heck. You could use what’s called “fan-fold insulation” behind the new siding. Between that and the existing shakes (if you do overlay them) you’ll have a nice insulating factor.