March 2008
by Mike Guertin
Reusing what you remove keeps the job green — and saves the trouble and expense of matching the finish.
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Siding for Deck Builders Reusing what you remove keeps the job green - and saves the trouble and expense of matching the finish Mike Guertin Tearing into siding is all but inevitable if you build decks on existing houses. It's necessary to remove (and replace) several courses of siding to flash a ledger properly; only then do you have access to lift the building paper and apply peel-and-stick membrane and metal flashing the requisite 6 inches up the wall (see illustration, facing page). Also removing a little siding beyond the left and right ends of the proposed ledger allows you
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