Q: I’m planning to install vinyl siding on a detached garage that’s built on a concrete slab. The siding instructions suggest that I “compress the floor plate” before installing.

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This will keep water vapor from rusting tools and causing havoc in the garage in the winter months. Because it’s going to have cars and perhaps a pickup on it, I’d make sure the concrete slab ...