There is another problem with this. That siding is not going to last as long as it should. The ability to expand and contract due to temperature changes has been severely comprimised. I didn’t look at where this was, but in MI that siding will crack.
The concrete will also wick the ground moisture up, and if there is any wood to concrete contact, kiss the wood goodbye.
So show me where, from building codes, manufacturer’s installation instructions, or any other “standard” that supports your allegations, and I’ll believe you.
Otherwise, you are simply making up and fantasizing your own same rules and imaginings as do too many home inspectors without any basis of their opinions in any facts or reality…and why their opinions are so easily and routinely overturned by those electricians, plumbers, and builders (like me) whom they refer their clients to to confirm or deny their remarks.
You, homebild, are saying that pouring concrete on top of siding is fine…I simply disagree. You seem to be making too many assumptions about the picture posted…
Common sense suffices but that, apparently, is foreign to you.
Larry, you are correct, commen sense prevails most of the time.
People like Home Builder is out to the letter of the law, and most probably is how he makes his business flourish, by building to the minimum. That is why he is a Code Enforcer. Now he knows what to get away with.
Commen sense to others is providing detailed work that meets or supercedes the relevant Codes, and common sense would tell anyone that you do not pour concrete against siding of any type material.
And this guy is a Builder, Wow!
Wonder if he could pass the NACHI enrollment test in 25-30 minutes?
Anyone that would condone pouring a concrete slab against a Home siding material, has got to be joking. It would worry me to take anything said from someone like that with a whole jar of salt.
Wonder how many people like that would procure business activities based on the non-prescriptive codes of the IRC.
I think I know one now. ha. ha.
