Ground Aluminum Siding

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Ground aluminum siding. In most cases it doesn t make any difference whether the siding is wood vinyl aluminum stucco or brick. The grey color visible in the picture is the back side of the vinyl siding. Chrisibew440 03 20 2014 harry304e 03 21 2014 the modifier 03 28 2014. Metal is considered one of the most durable and low maintenance products on the market today.

The reason for this clearance requirement is that while moisture will rot wood and damage other siding even if the ground isn t holding water against the siding rain splashes up and soaks the siding. In fact aluminum siding insulates a home better than vinyl siding and can save the homeowner a considerable amount on heating and cooling costs over the lifetime of the product. I will not bother to ground the siding. So if the hot wire on a porch light were to slip and touch the aluminum siding the electricity would have to flow through the siding through the wire through the ground rod through the earth to another grounding electrode water pipe ground rod foundation steel whatever and then through a wire to the service neutral terminal bar or up the pole to the street transformer or by chance.

This is usually accomplished by running bond wire to a solid ground such as a ground rod or the exterior spigot. Siding is not specifically mentioned in the electric code but can be loosely referred to a metal system in on a building requiring to be bonded to a grounding electrode. The siding to ground clearance for metal is the typical 6 to 8 inches. Aluminum copper steel and zinc.

I tried to ground aluminum siding once but i ran out of nolox 1 3 of the way on just one side. Grounding the siding can be done certainly would not hurt. Every time i think of grounding or trying to ground an aluminum siding house i envision a 8 copper ground wire to a piece of siding under a lug hooked to the siding. Aluminum provides excellent insulating properties especially the heavier gauge metal.

The fact that the product is extremely light and easy to install also generally translates into savings on labor when it is. Maintaining good clearances between finish grade and siding materials of all kinds is crucial to preventing this kind of damage. An aluminum ladder i don t think i need to go into details about that but he didn t waste any time calling an electrician. Also the closer to the ground the siding the more easily termites can go undetected and the more easily rodents can bore their way into your home.

Can i ground to existing ground rod and water pipes used for service panel. Should i use more than one grounding site. House approximately 30 x 30. It is required in some jurisdictions not all for metal clad siding to be bonded.

I ve never red flagged missing ground wire on aluminum siding. Thanks for the information.