Attaching Hose Bib Flange To Corrugated Siding

If you want to hang something from your vinyl siding don t even think about drilling through it to attach a hook to the sheathing.

Attaching hose bib flange to corrugated siding.

I m replacing a few hose bibbs on an older house with aluminum siding. Ignite the torch and heat the joint evenly. 1 press the flange of the hose bib up against the foundation. This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole.

Personally i would not use a latex caulking on fiber cement. Predrill a pilot hole for the screws with an 1 8 masonry bit. Drive the screws until they butt against the flange and secure the hose bib to the wall. Use either long self tapping screws or construction adhesive to attach it to the wall.

Apply the paste flux to the inside of the hose bib and outside of the copper pipe. The old ones also had a bigger flange that covered most of the gap and then was caulked around. Clean the hose bib. I like the hose bibs that have the flange and the notches on the sides.

Add sections of threaded pipe to reach the location of the hose bib. Install a union and tee fitting and add a nipple and elbow to reach the level of the hose bib. They re ugly and if they re not brass they ll rust in time. Build in a slight incline away from the hose bib drill a locator hole and bore a 1 1 8 inch hole.

Align the screw holes on the hose bib s flange with the screw holes on the wall. These are used to attach the bib to the foundation of the home. White polypropylene mini mounting block for siding model 146100001 10 68 10 68. When the siding was installed 20 years ago it was cut around the hose bibb.

Clean the inside of the hose bib in the same fashion until shiny. But if the hole is too big your screws don t have anything to grab. The hole saw will likely be dull by the time you are done drilling. I would either paint it to match the metal or you could stain it to add some contrast before you attach it to the wall.

While holding the hose bib in position drive a concrete screw through each of the flange s screw holes and into the screw holes on the wall. Add nipples and a union to reach a coupler attached to the hose bib. Now you have a corrugated side that will go against the wall and a flat side for the spigot to come out of that a flange will lay flat on. Builders edge 390.

Sometimes i ll use large fender washers to hold them to the wall. There are at least three alternative ways to do it. Free delivery with 45 order. Assemble the hose bib and pipe.

Typically the hose bib has a mounting flange with two screw holes. Beige cream 183 black 16 brown tan 81 gray 34 green 19 red 19 white 70 more ways to filter.