Whats the differance in Weight

[LODFFB]

Whats the differance in weight between vinyl and aluminum siding does anyone know? I have 1/4" plywood on my house right now and thats about 22-25lbs about for a 4 X 8 sheet.

[Gordie]

LODFFB I know that steel is 80-100lbs per square and tomarrow I'm going to be doing a vinal siding job and I'll check weight on that. I'll also check on aluminum with the guy I'm siding with, hope this helps.

[deepportage01]

Is this a wheeled house you have the 1/4 plywood on? if so IMO you should remove the plywood and wrap the house in plastic and put the aluminum siding on you don't need backer on to put the siding on just nail to the studs.

I'm thinking you might save 300-400 lbs by doing it this way. Also the weight diference between alum vs vinyl is nill at best.

IOM, I would use aluminum vinyl might crack on you in the cold

[LODFFB]

I also have 3/8" on the roof. I am planning on replacing it with .027 galvonized if it will hold up. Chappell Central sells 4 X 8 sheets. Just thinking of what I will do next summer. Going with alumnimn will cost $500 $600 I think I have a 8 X 16" house.

[deepportage01]

Ya know, Love to hunt would be the guy to get all the best info on shack building he is kind of the GURU when it comes to this stuff and he is on all the time so I'm sure he can help out also

[Gordie]

LODFFB found out weights for you.

Steel--90lbs

vinyl--45lbs

alum--32.5lbs

this weight per square which covers 10'x10'

I got these weghts out of a siding catalog we use for ordering siding. Hope this helps you out.

[LODFFB]

Yes it does. I called FHS and they said a 4 X 8 .040 sheet of alumn is 19# My 1/4" is 25lbs and my 3/8 is 36lbs. If I went with alumn all around I figure I'd save about 160lbs is that good enough. I guess if I did do that it would compensate for putting paneling and a bunk and table. Plus I found a place that sells alumn in .025 98" wide or, .040 102" wide however long you want.

[wolf]

lodffb i would be very interested to get there phone number ive been searching all over for longer aluminum to no avail.

thanks in advance

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[jbell1981]

I don't know prices, but check out Ryerson in Mpls. They have just about any size and length you would want.