Replacing your old siding can change the overall appearance of your home in an instant. If it is your first time tackling this home improvement project, however, you’ll want to learn everything there is to know about it. This includes familiarizing yourself with several terms that you might hear from your chosen contractor. Hinkle Roofing, one of the top siding and roofing companies in the area, shares some of them here:
1. Fascia. It completes the look of your roof by covering the rafter edges. Fascia boards need to match your siding panels because they are visible outside components.
2. Face Nail. A variety of nails, including face nails, can be used to install any siding set. When a piece of siding is under pressure, face nails prevent the siding from bending or warping. To avoid making contact with the board, face nails are spaced at a 45-degree angle.
3. Flange. The elevated protrusions on a panel’s or a door’s edge are called flanges. These are used to join siding to one another and to the framing.
4. Flashing. Whether you hire a siding installer or a residential and commercial roofing contractor, you can expect the pros to use this term to refer to any piece of material that stops water from penetrating your exterior components. During siding installations, this important material is placed behind J-channels, corners posts and windows.
5. Batten. Battens are thin strips of wood or metal that hold siding to the wall. Most of the time, battens are used on walls with different siding. Battens, for example, are used to attach vertical siding to walls that used to have horizontal siding.
6. Buttlock. Two pieces of siding can be joined together with buttlocks. Pipe sections, usually made of hollow metal, are put into holes drilled in the siding and nailed to the studs on each side of each joint. Because there are no visible fasteners, buttlocked joints add strength to a structure.
7. Drip Cap. The drip cap is a tiny, sloping roof made of metal or plastic that sits atop the wall. It shields the siding from moisture and foreign objects. It usually transforms a brick or stone wall into a rain gutter when it is built on top of one.
Are you planning to replace your siding soon? Our siding and commercial roofing contractors at Hinkle Roofing are ready to provide great workmanship. Give us a call at (205) 324-8545, or fill out our contact form to schedule an appointment.
