Pouring Concrete Against Siding

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Pouring concrete against siding.

It can be cork 1 2 thick by 4 tall set to the wall with short pins to hold it while pouring. I would advise locating a vinyl siding company and getting them to break some scraps that they ve laying around about an inch much higher than the concrete will be poured and as far out from the house as the scraps will go. We purchased an old 1910 house a couple of years ago and the concrete porch was poured up against the house slightly above the bottom piece of siding. The porch wraps around 1 side and part of the back where it is on the back the porch is not covered.

If you are pouring 4 have them break it 5 high. You and your. Wood meeting concrete in a damp area is never a good recipe. We show you the best techniques and tools so you get concrete forms right the first time.

As porous as concrete is its not even ideal that treated wood meets concrete. Concrete should never be poured up against steel siding and or trim. This is mostly because of the chance for standing water or leeching. Wet concrete on skin can cause everything from mild redness to third degree permanently disfiguring chemical burns.

Typically when i pour concrete against a house foundation never pour concrete against any siding imho it invites trouble later i have an expansion joint set to the house.