All goes well until i rake the cut grass away from the bottom of the fence.
Grass trimmer cuts vinyl siding.
Lot of the vinyl pickets are damaged cut broken right at the bottom.
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Simply place the wheel on the hard surface with the blade just over the edge and push and pull.
So i go an buy a husqvarna string trimmer and use it to trim the grass growing at the bottom of the fence.
Power models with rotating blades make the job easier especially if you have a large area to cover.
Take care though power models can be dangerous so follow all the safety precautions.
I had never used a string trimmer.
Most vinyl is verry brittle and chips easy.
The grey color visible in the picture is the back side of the vinyl siding.
My trimmer line has cracked or put holes in vinyl skirting siding gutters i try to be as careful as i can trimming the high grass aroung vinyl but it seems like every time i wind up chipping the vinyl with my trimmer line.
Maintaining good clearances between finish grade and siding materials of all kinds is crucial to preventing this kind of damage.
Create an almost invisible border about one foot wide by removing the grass putting down landscape fabric you can buy a small roll and cut it lengthwise into one foot strips then applying gravel or stone that matches your stucco or foundation color.
The vinyl siding skirting panel that finally defeats the weed wacker.
The vinyl siding as seen from inside the crawl space.
Have a small house to replace vinyl siding on.
Now the grass was about 2 ft high.
To my horror.
Warranted to be string trimmer resistant and the most heavy duty vinyl skirting available today.
Older house not much height on the foundation.
Current vinyl siding starts just 3 above grade and gets torn up by weed eater.
Weed wacker proof rustique ribb skirting is warranted to be resistant to the normal use of grass string trimmers using 105 string or less.