I would use clamps and calls instead of the rubber mallet. Or use the mallet and a straight 2x4 that takes the blow from the mallet and disperses that shock. But really helpful, I thank you and hope to see more.

@IronsInTheFire-Official

Ай бұрын

Man, the 2"x4" is a great idea! Thanks for bringing that up :) and thanks for watching!

love the explanation and craftmanship man. keep it coming. ignore nonsense comments. wrapping a house with aluminum in usa is common practice, it protect wood. semper fi.

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Brother I appreciate that; thanks for your words and thanks for watching!

always liked trying to come up with ways to put metal together with no nails, screws, or anything an interesting idea

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

It was a learning experience for sure. Just years of seeing it done with nails and manufactured products and thinking, man this is gotta be possible! Haha Thanks for watching!

In my part of the world coil stock can not touch Pressure Treated Lumber and it reminds you on every box of metal. Copper phosphate deteriorates aluminum coil. Additionally this isn’t very easy when you’re going the full length of a post. They make vinyl coil for wrapping posts; or use a house wrap before installing the coil.

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Yeahp, vinyl coil would do perfect 👌 And I agree, could wrap with house wrap beforehand. I know it does say so, I've advised some curious contractors about the warning as a liability cover but I've literally never seen a real world example of the deterioration, in the wild. I've seen galvanic corrosion plenty from differing metals though... just still waiting on the treated material to aluminum thing. Truth is, I hope to come across it so I can photo the conditions I find it in. Also, yeah I figure this is good up to maybe 7-8ft of post... beyond that, you're gonna have to lap it and run a big length and it just seems unweildy... but the 7.5ft posts we'd done originally weren't bad at all. Thanks Austin!!

@bvictory5698

3 ай бұрын

@@IronsInTheFire-Officialyea same here, 15 years + experience and I’ve never seen corrosion from wrapping aluminum on PT. It’s because of the paint. If you have scratches and bare metal then I could see how maybe eventually it could happen if you wrapped a soaking wet fresh post but usually we are wrapping old posts to update them and they are very dry. No risk.

Use a counter top roller

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Makes sense; would work I think :)

@bigtexguttersllc

3 ай бұрын

@@IronsInTheFire-Official a carpet roller will work better.

Looks good. But why? What is the application?

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Did some previous work with customer that wanted the wood protection (carpenter bees..) and wanted it color matched to soffit work. Also protects the wood from water splash if it's near an edge... treated or not, that water will eventually wear the wood out. Sadly lol

@centexan

3 ай бұрын

@@IronsInTheFire-Official Yes, I wondered about water, but I also wondered about things like ants. But it's almost impossible to protect against everything.

That’s only 4’ of the post. Does it work with a 10’ piece? Or are you learning this as you go? Very creative Do light taps very close together and out some kind of protection between the hammer and the aluminum. Bang too hard and aluminum can crack

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Little bit of both. It does work nicely on a post at 7' 4" (first time we tried it). This 4ft is just the demo method of course but I soon plan to give it a go on that full post (9'8"). I think I accidentally edited out where I mentioned this method is probably good up to maybe 10ft or so but beyond that you'll need multiple pieces and laps. Plus, this works best on a true & plumb post. If it's twisting/bowed, that might make it a bit hairy haha Thanks for checking it out!

@joelaltman697

2 ай бұрын

Why didn't you just use a siding tool to lock it in? Seems like it would work a lot easier instead of hammering it why don't you use a C-clamp with some kind of flat metal so that way you don't cause the little dents and divots from the hammer

@IronsInTheFire-Official

2 ай бұрын

@joelaltman697 That could probably work too :) There's a good bit of tension locked up to it and it takes some pulling to get it wrapped round the corner. the mallet makes easy work of it; I'm barely hammering. My earlier test piece I caused a few dings, but this one came out clean (and stayed that way for over a month) until I finally took it down. I'm still hoping to make a video of the whole post one day, just hard to get around to these projects outside of work.

Most excellent 😂

@IronsInTheFire-Official

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!