My house had a single carport and was sided with hardboard (12″) siding. I decided to close in the carport to provide a garage for the next owners and a shop for myself and my wife. The close-in is complete and built to Virginia building code. However, I am struggling with how to deal with slope issues on the long wall. Since the close-in simply established a wall on top of the existing carport slab, I don’t have an even foundation running from the back of the house to the front of the now garage. This wall is about a 27 feet long and has about 7 inches of up-hill slope from front to back. I installed a galvanized drip shield that covers the lower 3-4 inches of exposed house wrapped sheathing and the slab, however the siding when matched to the existing back wall leaves me with exposed house wrap at the front of this wall. I was hoping someone could advise me on how to provide a clean look for the house. I have been contemplating just puting a run of hardiplank about 3 inches from the slab and cutting an angle across the top that is level. Suggestions? Thanks in advance. Hal
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You might be able to cheat by starting out parallel to the slab and adjusting the siding a bit on each course until level is achieved near the top. Or start as high up as you can without showing the wrap, and trim the bottom where it becomes too close to the slab. Less elegant would be to have a half length or so of siding at the bottom where the maximum exposure is at.
I thought of that, but I have to wrap the siding around the front of the garage, the short other side wall and line up with the rest of the house. There is around 1/4 inch to work with in the overlap. It is worthy of further thought. Thanks! Hal
hsk...
the siding course runs to infinity in a level line
if you start at the house and carry that level line to the front of your new carport.. the next course DOWN will start at 6" below that course ( or whatever the EXPOSURE is on your house siding )
so even though you are matching the house.. the courses really start at the garage
in theory you would have one 1" course, then a 6" course, then the first course of the house
( if your courses are 6" of course )
in actuality.. i'd make the first course on the garage 7" and the 2d course on the garage would match the 1st course on the house
got it ?