Dirt Behind Vynal Sideing

[Outlaw 14]

The house I did yesterday had vynal sideing on the garage, I have never had trouble with vynal sideing till yesterday, well, whilst the outside came clean as expected, dirt kept seeping out from behind and leaving brown streaky trails. I rinsed and rinsed to no avail, so then I decided to do the house and let the garage dry out some and then rinse briefly at the end, still no good.

Any suggestions?

Thanks Gav

[RyanH 14]

This has been brought up in some other threads. Possile reasons were:

Water getting behind the seams in the siding (where two pieces join along the horizontal).

Water being forced under the vinyl by high pressure or an angle lower than the siding

Water getting into weep holes and washing dirt out from behind

[Outlaw 14]

Thanks Ryan, I've been around these boards long enough to know I should have done a search first, but sometimes my memeory needs jogging. This is 20 year old sideing that has never been cleaned and i did indeed get too close from underneath in order to get all the cacoons off, well I guess I will be returning and cleaning from a distance.

Thanks Gav

[PLD 14]

I had this problem recently about 25 feet off the ground. I pulled back the siding to reveal a nice infestation. Most of the dirt in Ga is red clay, so if you're getting alot of clay more than a foot or so off the ground, worry...

Philip

[PLD 14]

That would be an infestation of termites....

[paul-uk 500]

gav...you will never clean all the dirt that is behind sidings...have you ever known a clean builder ??.....take your ladders back and clean the runs by hand...it should also help you remember next time ;-)

[Paul B. 523]

You can also wipe it with a brush on an extension pole.

If it's dry, put a very small amount of your cleaning detergent on the brush and wipe the stain clean then, dry with another brush.

[Outlaw 14]

Thanks guys, I'm going back out Monday (if its stopped raining), every now and then you need a job that is a pain in the rear, just to make you appreciate the good jobs;~)

Gav

[Mike Williamson 198]

I can appreciate the good jobs without the bad ones, thank you very much! :)

[Beth n Rod 1,279]

paul uk, said it.

just rinse from the top and let the water cascade down so that you dont force anymore up under the siding.

Rod ~