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    Mar 29, 2010, 07:02 AM
    Installing siding when there's no plywood
    My house was built in 1952. There is no plywood underneath the aluminum siding, only this fiberboard looking stuff. When I gutted the inside of my house I was able to touch some of this stuff and it didn't seem too sturdy... at least nowhere near as strong as plywood.

    When installing new vinyl siding is there anything I need to keep in mind when working with this material?
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    Mar 29, 2010, 10:42 AM

    Never installed vinyl siding in it, but did aluminum. Had to make sure nailed in studs. That fiber board has no holding power.

    Good luck

    Chuck
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