Pouring Concrete Against Siding

Pouring a concrete slab yourself can be a big money saver or big mistake.

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. As you install the metal shoot some silicone caulking behind it. The porch wraps around 1 side and part of the back where it is on the back the porch is not covered. Wet concrete on skin can cause everything from mild redness to third degree permanently disfiguring chemical burns.

Concrete should never be poured up against steel siding and or trim. As porous as concrete is its not even ideal that treated wood meets concrete. There is a tar or asphalt impregnated expansion joint material too that may. We show you the best techniques and tools so you get concrete forms right the first time.

My recommendation in this scenario would be to trim the wood siding 1 4 inch minimally or better yet 6 to 8 above the concrete area. This is mostly because of the chance for standing water or leeching. You and your. 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.

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.