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Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14
Hmm interesting because my house is from 2010, but if that’s the building code ruling on it, it would make sense.
I know from driving through my community there’s at least 8 homes on the main drag with the same issues I had. It’s a smokers patio over the garage that had the walls built out of LP products (I think?) where the walls went right down to the floor of the deck. Over the years it softened the walls to the point I could poke my finger through the rotted portions. That ended up leaking into my garage and partially (but not significantly enough) soaked a main support beam. If that needed replacing it would have been 10s of thousands to repair.
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Ya, the installation guide says this about trim:
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Trim applied adjacent to roofs, porches, patios, sidewalks, etc.
must have a clearance of at least 1 inch (25 mm) above any
surface where water might collect. The surface must be sloped
or otherwise designed to provide proper drainage so the trim is
at no time directly exposed to standing water.
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https://lpcorp.com/resources/product...de-trim-fascia
Basically keep it dry. So if this is a place where snow can collect, melt and penetrate, then freeze I could see it reacting that way. You see a lot of miter cuts as well, which is usually the first red flag I spot when causally browsing. Any installation failures like this void warranty. When installed properly I think it's a great product. And it's not even that hard. I'm just a homeowner, read through the stuff and followed their guides. The "pros?" More of a crap shoot!
All guides, if anyone cares:
https://lpcorp.com/products/siding-t...n-instructions