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New Siding for Outside Walls
Hingy siding, worn out :m<l in m-ed of painting, makes :i home look down at tin* heel and seriously depreeiales its value. Simply putting l'S(| Asliestos Siding over old walls often -makes a hew lioiue out of an old iiouse. Many liome owners get till'd of llie expense of repaint ing I heir homes every few years. Therefore, when re modeling, it is well to mushier a siding material whieh requires no paint. lie-siding is most often done with stuero, asliestos eement siding or wood shingles. If hriek is applied to the outside of a wood sheathed house, rat her elahorat e addi tions to the foundations are neeessarv so as to sup|>orL
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Advantages and Uses
USG Asbestos Cement Siding offers (1) protec tion against fire from without, (2) protection from the weather, (3) decoration, (4) permanence, and (5) low upkeep for frame buildings. Equally use ful for remodeling existing structures, USG Asbes tos Cement Siding is nailed directly to the wood
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strip under edge of first course. Project shingle Va-in. below strip for water table.
sheathing, using I'-.'J-in. galvanized nails in tin* holes
provided tor them at the lop nf i';u'li siding unit.
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