Horizontal siding no transition strips

Specific Inspection Topics Exterior Inspections
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Inspected this house and the exterior siding was very wavy, but had a good paint finish on it. Looked a little deeper and noticed there are no metal transition strips at the seams/butted edge.
The entire home is missing the transition strips. The seams have been filled with a large amount of caulking which is now starting to crack.
My questions are:
Can the siding be installed with out the transition clips? I would think not

Going to recommend a siding contractor to my client for further evaluation. Any other input from you guys would be helpful.

The home is in a gated community with 3 types of exteriors (horzt1-11 type siding, lap board & stucco)
The other homes with the horz siding do have transition clips.

Thanks in advance

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2

Depends on the brand of siding.

Most allow either a gap with sealant, or a joint molding.

That wall has problems that now render the joint molding issue moot.

3

Yep, that wall is a mess. Was that fiber board siding? Most likely moisture problems behind it, and will likely have to be replaced.

4

Looks like moisture issue.
Look at the vents on the right hand side.
An IR would have maybe pick up a deficiency.

5

I suspect that all that could go wrong with the installation of this product, did due to disregard to proper manufactures installation guidelines and standard pracice of building.

6

A nice narrative in there for a report Marcel.:slight_smile:

Best to you and yours this year.
Robert

7

My guess is that the siding was installed to tight which doesn’t allow for expansion and contraction. The wavyness is usually due to the material expanding.