I m replacing a few hose bibbs on an older house with aluminum siding.
Attaching hose bib flange to corrugated siding.
Personally i would not use a latex caulking on fiber cement.
They re ugly and if they re not brass they ll rust in time.
Assemble the hose bib to the pipe placing it in the desired finished position.
Add sections of threaded pipe to reach the location of the hose bib.
1 press the flange of the hose bib up against the foundation.
Use either long self tapping screws or construction adhesive to attach it to the wall.
The hole saw will likely be dull by the time you are done drilling.
Sometimes i ll use large fender washers to hold them to the wall.
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I like the hose bibs that have the flange and the notches on the sides.
Align the screw holes on the hose bib s flange with the screw holes on the wall.
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.
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.
This renders the siding vulnerable to moisture and voids the warranty even if you seal the hole.
Assemble the hose bib and pipe.
Clean the dust off the siding caulk around the perimeter of the hole then slide your hose bib in and use two 2 stainless steel screws to hold it on.
Predrill a pilot hole for the screws with an 1 8 masonry bit.
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These are used to attach the bib to the foundation of the home.
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.
There are at least three alternative ways to do it.
Add nipples and a union to reach a coupler attached to the hose bib.
Clean the hose bib.
Build in a slight incline away from the hose bib drill a locator hole and bore a 1 1 8 inch hole.
Drive the screws until they butt against the flange and secure the hose bib to the wall.
Ignite the torch and heat the joint evenly.
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Clean the inside of the hose bib in the same fashion until shiny.
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But if the hole is too big your screws don t have anything to grab.
The old ones also had a bigger flange that covered most of the gap and then was caulked around.
Typically the hose bib has a mounting flange with two screw holes.
When the siding was installed 20 years ago it was cut around the hose bibb.
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.
