My three story 100 + year old victorian is sided with aluminum. Most of the windows are the original sash windows, about six feet long each with molded wood surrounds. I want to keep the surrounds and paint them but I am told that is not possible with vinyl siding. If this is true, what can I do to replace the ugly aluminum siding?
2006-06-21 13:48:10 · 3 answers · asked by debisbooked 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Once you remove the aluminum, then you can use insulation sheets under the new vinyl you put up. If you would like to keep the sashes/frames/surrounds showing, you could by nailing your "J" channel on the sides, top, and bottom of each window with as much of the surrounding wood showing. The new vinyl siding pieces naturally "end" in the channel. Two problems arise by doing this: 1. you will have to periodically paint the wood to keep it impervious from weather, and 2. the chances of water getting behind your siding increases because wind can force the water behind the J channel. (You cannot caulk this seam--j channel against the sash--because vinyl has a high coefficient of expansion and sun heat will actually expand the vinyl by as much as a half inch.) I can actually hear the south side exposure of my vinyl sided wall expand as the morning sun moves across the sky. The nice artsy wood detail does not really lend itself to regular vinyl siding application, but you can try. Remember to "hang" the siding on the nails and NEVER nail it tight, because of the expansion factor. Good luck.
2006-06-21 14:06:42 · answer #1 · answered by ReverendLeroy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
vinyl is very flexible and versitale and keeping your surrounds shouldn't be too much of an issue.
2006-06-21 13:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by D. Bronco 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it depend is it historical or not
2006-06-21 13:51:41 · answer #3 · answered by idontkno 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋