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David J. Wyatt, CDT
Senior Member
Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt
Post Number: 102
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 10:56 am: |    |
Does anyone have a good method for protecting the lower two courses of fiber cement lap siding from impact damage from lawn mowers?
The project is multi-family housing. The lawn grows right up to the base of the exterior walls, and the lower two courses of siding get beaten up every year.
Highway guardrail isn't what I have in mind, but I have been tempted to suggest it!
Thanks, all. |
Curt Norton, CSI, CCS
Senior Member
Username: curtn
Post Number: 217
Registered: 06-2002
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 10:58 am: | |
How about a mulch strip (or the like) that doesn't have to be mowed? |
David J. Wyatt, CDT
Senior Member
Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt
Post Number: 103
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 11:19 am: | |
I completely agree with you on this, Curt. Makes sense, costs far less, and looks better. I'll suggest it. Thank you. |
user (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Monday, April 27, 2015 - 11:01 am: | |
Concrete mow strip. |
Greta Eckhardt
Senior Member
Username: gretaeckhardt
Post Number: 7
Registered: 08-2013
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 09:14 am: | |
What about a gravel strip? It would also reduce dirt splashed up onto siding due to rainfall, and it might help with drainage of rainwater to foundation drains. |
Michael Chusid
Senior Member
Username: michael_chusid
Post Number: 23
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 11:13 am: | |
If the grading and construction details permit, excavate to expose a bit of concrete foundation.
Michael Chusid, RA FCSI CCS
www.chusid.com www.buildingproduct.guru |
Guest (Unregistered Guest)
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 05:35 pm: | |
Beware of weed-whackers to trim edges; weed-whackers might likely kick-up mulch and throw it everywhere...like at your siding...not pretty if wet organic mulch...worse if mineral mulch! |
Jerome J. Lazar, RA, CCS, CSI, SCIP
Senior Member
Username: lazarcitec
Post Number: 1301
Registered: 05-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 - 06:15 pm: | |
WEED WHACKERS, seriously, now we're discussing weed whackers? No wonder the poster did not divulge his name or moniker, Guest is much safer when discussing weed whackers. So where in the specs should we add: "Weed Whackers not permitted" for maintenance? |
David J. Wyatt, CDT
Senior Member
Username: david_j_wyatt_cdt
Post Number: 104
Registered: 03-2011
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 10:56 am: | |
Easy, Jerome, easy! Everything is everything, even weed whackers. |
Ellis C. Whitby, PE, CSI, AIA, LEEDŽ AP
Senior Member
Username: ecwhitby
Post Number: 254
Registered: 03-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 02:38 pm: | |
I've never understood why people want to whack weed. Hemp is a valuable crop. ;-p |
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI ,SCIP
Senior Member
Username: david_axt
Post Number: 1405
Registered: 03-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 03:12 pm: | |
A door hardware consultant once told me, "You can't specify your way out of a bad design!" No truer words have ever been spoken.
I agree with a gravel or mulch strip in front of the siding. Why is the siding going down to the ground anyway?
A similar issue is small trees/bushes planted too close to the building then growing into large tree/bushes that create rub marks on the siding in the wind. Another issue is lawn sprinkler heads too close to wooden fences causing water marks. I could go on and on.
David G. Axt, CCS, CSI, SCIP
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