How Much Distance From Siding To Dirt

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How much distance from siding to dirt.

May 12 2018 at 3 14 pm. This is heavy duty stuff. But if wood siding is too close even siding that has been primed and painted it is an invitation to trouble. That would vary with the installation but siding should pretty much never finish at the patio surface there should always be a gap and that will vary from 2 6 depending on the type of patio materials.

I removed mulch touching the siding before installing the drip edge. Any contact with any building siding material and the ground or even placing it too close to ground level invites damage from insects carpenter ants termits or from water and rot. The dirt should never touch the siding a minimum of 2 of concrete between dirt and siding. On 2 sides of the house the siding is touching the dirt which i know is a no no.

I ve already pulled all plants touching the siding. 02 15 2014 07 56 am 4. I recently bought a somewhat older home. To preserve your home s exterior siding and foundation you must ensure that dirt dense vegetation mulch or anything the can hold moisture against your home is properly cleared away.

Code clearance between siding and patio. All siding should ideally have at least 6 to 8 inches clearance above the ground. Keep all building siding 6 8 above soil surface slope away don t trap water in mulch beds nor against foundation walls. Use commercial grade metal edging for drip edges.

The exterior of the house is aluminum siding and brick. No rolled plastic from a box store. Dirt and mulch are seen here piled against the structure. You can see where the mulch touching the siding blocked the painters.

James i had always understood the dew point in mass to be about 8 inches the distance to keep wood above grade but that s from instinct or common sense or experience. The reason for this clearance requirement is that while moisture will rot wood and damage other siding even if the ground isn t holding. I cannot just arbitrarily say wood cannot be 6 inches from soil. So when referring to wood siding the distance from the soil necessitates the use of preservative treated wood.