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Aluminum flashing for siding?

PostPosted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:46 pm
by Erik-the-red
I was thinking about using 2-foot-wide galvenized aluminum flashing for siding. I am going to build a teadrop with a 1 x 1-inch square steel tubing skeleton. Originally, I was thinking about using enclosed trailer siding (in 4 by 8-foot lengths), but I noticed on enclosed trailers that manufacturers use screws every two feet across. Aluminum flashing could be installed with the same general idea, but it comes in 50-foot rolls, so it's actually cheaper than the 4 by 8-foot sheets.

Thoughts?

PostPosted: Sun Jun 26, 2011 1:48 am
by iSpy
You don't "galvanize" aluminium.
Do you mean galvanized steel or anodized aluminium ?

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:13 am
by Erik-the-red
iSpy wrote:You don't "galvanize" aluminium.
Do you mean galvanized steel or anodized aluminium ?


I'm talking aluminum, not steel.

PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:52 am
by glenpinpat
look up norm (from cornwall) on this site. He built his Looney Bin from this material.