Trim Coil Post Wrap; Waterproof & Fastener-free!

[@mburke1211]

Found this video researching how I might use trim coil to prevent bats from roosting under my timber framed porches in the beam corners. Great video.

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Awesome; great to hear this video is helping folks even in ways I didn't even think of! Best wishes!

[@bigtexguttersllc]

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]

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

[@1Alcepi]

That J roller they’re talking about sounds like the right tool for the job, but if you don’t have one or any other situation you don’t want to leave hammer marks… take a 2x4, maybe 12-24” long, turn it perpendicular lay across the seam and hammer. This will disperse your force and not leave small targeted marks

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Hey there's a thought! Good idea :) I did that very thing hammering flooring last week so it didn't break floor tabs. I'm hoping to wrap the whole post one day and will try to incorporate this method. Thanks for hanging with us!

[@brentmalin8053]

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]

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

[@kingoncommonlaw130]

Hemming is the way to go, thanks

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Thanks for checking it out! :)

[@ranger178]

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

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

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!

[@sfkillar]

Try a bakers roller to close the hem. No hammer marks then.

[@hughlancaster7187]

On your first hem, what is the width to the hem from the face? Great video?

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Hey thank you! First 5/8 inch hem hits about 3/4 inches in.

[@hughlancaster7187]

Thanks@@IronsInTheFire-Official

[@austinmcgrath3923]

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]

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!!

[@BvictoryforChrist]

@@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.

[@centexan]

Looks good. But why? What is the application?

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

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]

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

[@drrobotsir]

I'm interested in doing this to prevent raccoons from climbing. What's the thickness of the material you used?

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Just a normal trim coil guage; .019 I believe. I've used heavier guage .024 before but it's quite a bit harder to work with on longer runs in the brake and without enough benefit to make me want to use it again.

[@rsamuels5539]

What model brake are you using?

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Van Mark Trim master; the "green one" I call it. I'm in Tennessee.

[@johnconnolley2467]

Use a counter top roller

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Makes sense; would work I think :)

[@bigtexguttersllc]

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

[@patrickfrank366]

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]

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]

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]

@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.

[@rsamuels5539]

Where are you based?

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

In Tennessee

[@sfkillar]

I use a roller to close the hem. I also make it out of 1 piece and not two. good video though.

[@sfkillar]

Also on the video portion. I would have the camera facing the brake side of the brake and not on the backside so we can see what you are doing.

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Thanks! I'll try that out :)

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@jasoncanmore5838]

Use a J roller instead of the hammer.

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

When I eventually do this whole post, I plan to. Thank ya!

[@TomShervanick-uu5ss]

Most excellent 😂

[@IronsInTheFire-Official]

Thanks!