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10/16/2026

The Metabo cordless roofing has been available for a little while now. It comes with a siding tip, though they didn’t want to infringe on the Siding Tips’ patent. So Siding Tips now has their patented siding adapter design for this roofing nailer. This makes it much easier to consistently target the nails into the nailing slot of the siding, without having to guess where the nails are going to come out. If you already have this nailer, the Siding Tips adapter will make installing vinyl siding even quicker and easier. Take the guess work out of aligning the nails and let the tip do the work. It’s available now in limited quantities at www.sidingtips.ca . . . . . . . . . .

10/16/2026

The Euroshield hip/ridge cap was simple to install. Many might wonder “Brad nails right through the roof?” This is how Euroshield instructs to install it. The brads are to hold the cap down at the front edge until the Solar Seal cures, glueing that front edge down. The president of Euroshield herself shows this technique in one of their instructional YouTube videos. It does not void any warranty. The warranty rep who visited my site applauded me on using stainless steel nails as this isn’t indicated in their manual. He said that ‘s a good call and he may change it in the manual in the future. I hope you find my DIY roof videos informative. Really, I’m just a guy learning as I go. I’m not an expert as this is only the 2nd roof I’ve ever done in my life. Thanks for watching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rubber Roofing Eyewear

10/14/2026

Taking stuff apart is never fun, especially when you have to do it carefully and reuse the materials later. I have 5 sections like this to take apart and the siding all around and above all flashing sections where my new roof tiles intersect the wall. I have a lower roof that wraps around half of my house so it’s a lot of work. I had a message this morning telling me I didn’t have to take anything apart to do my new roof. I don’t see another way as you can’t stuff a 5/8” - 3/4” thick roof tile under a 1/4” gap of the existing flashing. Then I’d the main reason I chose to tackle my new roof myself is I don’t see any roofing contractor that would take 19 year old siding apart and put it back together to flash everything properly. My siding is very faded so if I break a piece, I have to change out the whole wall. I already took a lot of it apart last fall when I replaced every single window in my house. I’m honestly not looking forward to the lower roof, but am just going to take it one day at a time. Thanks again for following along and watching my journey. I hope that it adds value as I share things I’m learning through the process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/14/2026

Sometimes you gotta laugh at yourself. This is my own house that I sided 18 years ago. I took all the siding off because I replaced those 2 windows. We never used to have garbage bins on site so I used to just put scrap vinyl in the walls. I could side a whole 2 storey house with only a half siding box full of garbage. This made a huge difference as I had to haul my own garbage away. From my perspective, it was good for the environment, efficient and effective AND provided extra backing 😂. I do realize MANY won’t agree with me and that’s ok. This meant I didn’t have to pick up after myself after completing a wall. My builders actually knew that I did this and were ok with it. The downfall is it may not look good when it came time for a homeowner to renovate. Note - I haven’t done this in about a decade of installing since the builders started bringing garbage bins onto the site. So for now, I’ll continue to add to the landfills. Again, I post to show my reality and NOT as a recommended practice. This is me being real of my past practices. I hope you had a laugh as much as I was laughing while taking the siding off. I had a good chuckle to myself. Demo was made easy with just a Boss Paw and a siding removal tool in my pocket. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/13/2026

Sometimes siding repairs can be tricky. This is a wall exposed to a lot of sun and is about 20 years old. The homeowner wanted this piece replaced because it has a hole in it. The piece I replaced it with is a partial piece from the same west facing wall on the side of the house with less traffic, but also less sun - so it isn’t as faded. This is the best we could do given the circumstance. As you can see, when you watch til the end of the video, it isn’t really noticeable when you see it from far away. After the repair, I replaced the siding I took off in between the houses with a brand new piece which is unfaded and has higher gloss. But that area doesn’t get traffic and is not seen from the street so it’s bearable. I did suggest to the homeowner to replace all the siding of the entire wall since the colour still exists, but he didn’t want to. This was a good compromise. Since the homeowner specifically picked out the piece he wanted removed from the other wall, I couldn’t replace a full single top or bottom row, which would be another alternative. You can slap siding down to click it in after replacing, but since this was 20 year old siding, I didn’t want to risk breaking it so I used a siding removal tool to zip it back together. If you are a homeowner and unsure of how to replace siding. This is pretty much a start to finish replacement in less than 3 minutes. I hope this video is useful to you as I try to make every video add value to you. Thanks for your support if you’re following along. Have a great rest of your weekend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/13/2026

Sometimes it boggles my mind what gets installed on a house. I have no idea what the back story is on this project, all I was hired to do was to fix it. But it seems pretty clear that whoever installed it would know that there’s backwards mitre there and that it just doesn’t look right to patch a 3” piece of siding in 🤷🏻‍♂️. Projects like this seem a bit overwhelming at first. If you take one step at a time then it will seem a bit more straightforward. As you can see, it didn’t take long as all. The original length of the video was 27 mins long before being sped up. Tools like the powered shears and powered nailer with the siding adapter tip make it go quicker, but those fancy tools aren’t necessary if you are a homeowner just looking to tackle a small project like this. I hope that you found some value and takeaways from this video. Thanks for watching and following along. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/12/2026

Sometimes efficiency is counterintuitive. I decided to drop that long piece I just cut and come back to it later instead of putting the cut-off piece down, installing the long piece, then going back to install the short piece. Little things you do make a difference in overall efficiency of a job. The idea is to get tasks done in as little motions as possible so that you’ll exert the least amount of effort to get the job done well. This is why many bosses say don’t go to the truck or trailer empty handed, grab some garbage on the way to the trailer if you need a tool and dispose of it on the way there. Change your mindset on the job and you’ll increase your profit, or move up the ranks faster if you’re an employee. Hope these thoughts help you, have a great weekend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/12/2026

Sometimes anything can be used as a jig. In this case I used the 2’ square and a scrap piece of aluminum as a jig. I do have the material stopper for my brake, but since the aluminum was fed with the material arcing down, it was too floppy to use without getting frustrated. I’ve kept most of my scrap pieces of metal with measurements over the years so I can pretty much just grab the appropriate one for that job and bend away. This way my brain doesn’t have to interpret markings on a tape and it keeps it super simple (not that reading a tape is difficult but I have screwed up before thinking I marked 7” when in fact I went an inch to big accidentally). There are many ways to gain efficiencies in every job. Sometimes different methods work equally as well, it’s up to you to decide which way you like doing it while minimizing the chance of possible errors. I’ve tried many ways and this simple jig is one of my go to methods for bending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/11/2026

Someone recently asked me how I replace outside corner posts. This is how I do it - many people have accused me of being a “hack” for doing it this way. This is how the Vinyl Siding Institute teaches how to replace a corner post - except they don’t require you to remove siding like I did. They tell you to use rivets at the top of the corner post inside - I”m not a fan of visible fasteners. I removed a piece so that I had a spot to nail it so the corner doesn’t slide down. Those who call me a hack think I’m ripping clients off for doing it improperly and suggest I tear the siding down off both sides to properly install a new corner post. I believe most customers would rather I do it the way the VSI teaches instead of pay significantly more. Believe me, this method works long term. I replaced EVERY single corner post on a 2 storey house over 15 years ago because my client decided she wanted white corners against the dark siding after the siding was complete. It still looks great today and this is the method I used to replace all the corners. If you didn’t know this method, I hope this video helps. The Vinyl Siding Institute is a free resource for proper vinyl siding installation. The screen shot at the end of the video is from page 37 of their manual. This repair can be easily done by anyone. Note - I hung the siding piece that I removed back onto the pre-existing nails. . . . . . . . . . . . .

10/11/2026

Someone messaged me recently asking how I join corner posts together. This is how I do it. It is very similar to how I join J-channel together. Basically I remove material from each side so that it doesn’t bulge the overlapping piece, allowing them to sit nicely together. I think everyone does it a bit differently. The important part is to make sure it looks good, and overlaps properly for water shed. I hope this video helps someone. Have an awesome Friday everyone! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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