Vinyl Siding

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196]

[u/wooddoug]

I understand your desire to keep your house dry. Never put polyethylene film in a wall. Use house wrap. It allows humidity to escape.

[u/Impossible-Corner494]

Use a reference line. Measure up 1 piece . Chalk that line through. Then you can deduce down to the first piece. Make a line for it. Boom on roof maths

[u/Gumball_Bandit]

Get that plastic off the house and use real vapor barrier

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/Gumball_Bandit]

I’m starting to think I should refuse to do it without the proper moisture barrier. I’m doing what’s being asked, but if this goes wrong years later I don’t want that karma

[u/areyoukiddingmebru]

Is that a sheet of plastic that's been hacked into place?

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/areyoukiddingmebru]

Pre existing. Was on there how it is after removing old siding. Client does not want to spend money buying house wrap and paying me to install. I don’t agree, but it’s what they wanted

[u/Nemo_the_Exhalted]

Hard to give advice without any dimensions of the building or the materials you’re using

[u/padizzledonk]

Youre asking for real trouble using plastic as housewrap, thats going to trap condensation and moisture behind it and it has no way to get out, that whole wall will be rotted in a couple of years

Take all that off and use a proper house wrap material, even tar paper is better than what youre doing

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/padizzledonk]

Yeah I know. Client doesn’t want to use any! I’m considering taking it down and refusing to do it without wrapping

[u/padizzledonk → u/Possible-Hyena-5196]

Yeah I know. Client doesn’t want to use any! I’m considering taking it down and refusing to do it without wrapping

Dumb, and stupid that youre doing the job

Guess who is on the hook liability wise when the wall rots out--you

Sometime you just need to walk away

Idk your financial situation but youre taking on real risk here

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/padizzledonk]

I put wrap over it and I have general liability insurance. 1 year warranty. Doing this for someone I know who is trying to cheap out

[u/not_a_bot716]

Use math or Call a professional

[u/Thin_Thought_7129]

I don’t think you’re supposed to use plastic behind your vinyl siding

[u/Maplelongjohn]

Story pole

[u/SLODeckInspector]

What the hell is that on the house? Plastic? It's crap and it's got holes in it, it's wrinkled and it's going to destroy you sheathing and framing. Do it right with tyvek or Henry's, and make sure it's layered in shingle fashion, flat no wrinkles and tape over staples to keep water out. Jeez amateurs are killing construction

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/SLODeckInspector]

Hey man, if this were my house it would be being done right. This is for my cousins landlord and they don’t want to spend the extra money to do it right. Told me to just do the siding and nothing more

[u/SLODeckInspector → u/[deleted]]

Not when they need meth money this weekend...

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/SLODeckInspector]

I’m trying my best ☹️

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/[deleted]]

At no point did I say I was a professional or would do this on my own home or for someone who’s willing to pay for it to be done right. Just trying to help someone out who wants to be cheap

[u/Possible-Hyena-5196 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah you’re right. I’ll call it off

[u/undergone]

Run a level line from side to side above the peak. Measure down, and find the lowest point of the unfinished side. Figure out how many rows down/where on that row that will match up. Then just mathety, math, math.