Building Siding Method and Apparatus

Abstract

A system for providing siding to a building is disclosed. The system utilizes components which have their own brackets with attachment flanges in order to connect directly to an exterior wall of the building. The brackets contain their own integrated water control systems, which co-act with those of other components to control and direct water into vertical channels and out from behind the siding system. These flanges double as self-contained flashing. In all the system presents a roof-to-foundation siding system that is self-contained and fully transitional from one piece to another.

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CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority as a non-provisional perfection of prior filed U.S. provisional application No. 61 / 876,378 and incorporates the same by reference herein in its entirety.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to the field of construction and more particularly relates to a system for placing siding on a building and the components of said system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Siding is often used to provide a building with both an attractive and a protective finish. Typical siding systems involve panels of a weather-resistant material fastened directly to an exterior wall of a building. In the past, this has required nails or other fasteners to be thrust through the panel and into the exterior wall, inherently causing damage to both and providing a passage for water to seep into the space between the panel and the wall. Older systems were also limited in their ability to expand and contract with enviro...

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Benefits of technology

The system provides a cost-effective, efficient, and durable solution that minimizes damage to the building and structure, offering enhanced weather and water resistance, reducing the risk of dry-rot, mold, and cosmetic damage.

Problems solved by technology

In the past, this has required nails or other fasteners to be thrust through the panel and into the exterior wall, inherently causing damage to both and providing a passage for water to seep into the space between the panel and the wall.

Older systems were also limited in their ability to expand and contract with environmental changes affecting the building on which such systems were used.

However, these trims are limited because they are still not sufficiently waterproof.

In particular, these systems do not provide air gaps and water traps to protect the trim and building from moisture and different climates.

Further, these trims are caulked, which causes tears in the trims when expanding and compressing due to environmental conditions such as different climates and air pressure changes.

These tears allow water to seep in the trim and onto the structure underneath the trim, where water is being trapped between the backside of trim and the building causing structural damage to the trim and even more serious causing dry-rot and mold as well as structural damage to the building structure itself.

As a result, these trims and the structure itself are subject to extensive dry-rot and mold and costly structural damage due to water entrapment, face nailing, nail pops and blemishes, caulk tarring, shrinking and drying out, lack of air movement, constant expansion and contraction ending in cosmetic damage such as, splitting trim and warping, dry rot and mold to the trims and potentially the building structure itself.

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