Wasden Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 Click to Enlarge 58.92 KB Has anyone seen damage like this before? It's just on this one side and level. Any thought on siding manufacturer? p.s. I don't know why my photos go in sideways.
John Kogel Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 Here you go. It looks like a line of caulk, but I can't tell you how it got there. Click to Enlarge 64.42 KB
gtblum Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 Has anyone seen damage like this before? Damage? Have you no respect for artistic license?
Jim Baird Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 If that is cement based product, and not a dribble of caulk, I'd say it looks like a manufacturing defect. Installer should have culled it, but, as things are today, no pride in work = WTF results.
Wasden Posted May 20, 2013 Author Report Posted May 20, 2013 It looks like it was chemically etched. I originally thought a weedeater got out of control. I believe it is fiberboard. @ Erby, I took the photo before I got up from my nap.
hausdok Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 That looks like Hardiplank or one of its fiber-cement competitors. It looks like the paint has blistered off due efflorescence caused by moisture saturation. My guess is that they either put that clapboard on while it was still damp after either lying on damp ground or being rained on or something is allowing water behind the siding and that's where the water is stopping behind the siding. It's soaking through, the product is efflorescing a little bit and the paint is blistering off along the entire line. Edited comment: Wait a minute. Just looked at the photo again. What idjit put sprinkler heads that close to an exterior wall? My first suspect is now the irrigation system. Did you turn the system on to see if one of those heads is spraying water on the siding? ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike
Charles46 Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 Upon further review, I think Mike has it right on this being a sprinkler head issue. It does not look like the sprinkler feed goes all the way to the hose on the wall and neither does the etching on the wall.
John Kogel Posted May 20, 2013 Report Posted May 20, 2013 I fourth the motion, an aggressive sprinkler head, maybe on wet paint. Tell them the head needs to be straighter so it shoots a straight pattern on the hardiplank. [] Click to Enlarge 10.35 KB
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