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HANDYMAN ON CALL

Nails must be loosened on siding to stop noises

By Peter Hotton

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  April 15, 2012

The Handyman tells a reader that it is normal for vinyl siding to expand and contract with the temperature, but to also check to make sure the siding isn’t nailed too tightly to the house.

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