The present disclosure relates to a template to guide the user when securing at least one cladding board on a brace lath, said template comprising at least one orifice for guiding at least one element for securing of the cladding board on the brace lath, at least one of said guide orifices being movable in the template.

A vinyl siding removal and installation tool including an elongate, wirelike anterior projection having a hooked end, said hooked end having a ball tip endwise thereon proximal a groove-cut circumferentially disposed upon the hooked end, wherein the hooked end is fittable into any weep hole upon a section of vinyl siding to effect decoupling of a folded seam whereby said section of vinyl siding is unlockable from an adjacent section of vinyl siding and wherein the hooked end is fittable hooked into the folded seam of an unlocked section of vinyl siding to effect relocking of said folded seam to an adjacent section of vinyl siding by rotational action of the hooked end to reseat the folded seam proximal said hooked end, whereby sliding action of the hooked end along the length of the folded seam effects relocking of said folded seam along the length of said folded seam.

A lap siding product with a central face cut, allowing an installer or user to break the lap siding product in half manually, without tools, resulting in two pieces of lap siding. The central face cut extends for the length of the product, and its depth is a substantial portion of the thickness of the lap siding product. A central back cut opposite to the central face cut may be provided, as well as a pair of back spacing cuts along the edges of the back face of the product. A pair of machined nail lines on the face of the product assist in determining locations for nailing the post-break pieces of lap siding during installation.

The siding holder includes a planar body having first and second longitudinally opposed ends, an upper surface and a lower surface. A siding panel holding assembly is secured to the first end of the planar body for releasably holding a bottom portion of a first siding panel for installation thereof An alignment abutment plate is releasably secured to the lower surface of the planar body, adjacent the second end thereof, and has a longitudinally adjustable position relative to the planar body. The alignment abutment plate is adapted to abut a bottom edge of a second siding panel which has already been installed. A pivotal handle connector is secured to the upper surface of the planar body and is provided for removable attachment of a handle.

An adaptor is mounted on the tip of a nail gun normally used to attach roofing materials on the roof of a building to enable the nail gun also to be effective in attaching vinyl siding onto the exterior of a building structure. The adapter is mounted on the tip of the nail gun to engage nails discharged therefrom. The adaptor is formed with a circular projection that has a frusto-conical opening therethrough to guide discharged nails into engagement with the connective structure along the top edge of the siding panel. The circular projection has a depth that properly positions the discharge opening of the adaptor at the proper location for engagement with the siding connective structure. The conical shape of the opening through the adaptor is operable to deflect any misaligned nails being discharged from the nail gun into the discharge opening at the tip of the circular projection.

A lap siding product with a central face cut, allowing an installer or user to break the lap siding product in half manually, without tools, resulting in two pieces of lap siding. The central face cut extends for the length of the product, and its depth is a substantial portion of the thickness of the lap siding product. A central back cut opposite to the central face cut may be provided, as well as a pair of back spacing cuts along the edges of the back face of the product. A pair of machined nail lines on the face of the product assist in determining locations for nailing the post-break pieces of lap siding during installation.

A siding panel includes a hanger section adjacent to an upper edge and a lower locking section adjacent to a lower edge. When installed, the lower locking section of an upper siding panel partially overlaps, extends into, and interlocks with a hanger section of a lower siding panel in an interference fit.

The present invention proposes a crimping punch making it possible to obtain a crimping that is resistant to pulling out. To this end, the punch (20) for a crimping tool comprises a fixing part (21) for fixing to the tool and a punching part (22) consisting of a spike (23) connected to the fixing part by two crimping faces (24) that each exhibit a rectilinear primary profile (241), each crimping face also comprising a secondary profile (242), provided with four notches (243) having a radius of between 1 mm and 2.5 mm, preferably between 1.2 mm and 2 mm, advantageously 1.5 mm.

A device for maintaining recommended spacing during siding installation contains a main body, an extended body, an extruding body, a first channel, and a second channel. The first channel and the second channel are used to receiving a siding panel. When the siding panel is received, a first stop and a second stop of the extruding body is used to rest the device against a previously installed siding panel. Since the siding panel is stationary against the previously installed siding panel, a constant space can be maintained between the two siding panels. In addition to installing the siding panel, the device can also be used when installing siding butt-joints. In order to do so, a first receiving channel and a second receiving channel are provided.

A crown molding support hanger described herein as comprised of a lightweight durable plastic crown molding support hanger that is an essential crown molding installation tool for all sizes of crown molding that may be quickly and effectively installed by a single user. The crown molding support hanger has a support surface that engages and holds a length of crown molding while the mounting member secures the crown molding support hanger to the wall. The support member is adjustable to the different sizes and shapes of decorative trim molding by simply snapping off the tab on the support surface that engages the front section of the molding. The mounting member is removable from the support member by moving the support member side to side and snapping the support member tab at the v-groove, releasing the support member. The mounting member remains hidden behind the crown molding.