Siding may be installed starting with the bottom course.
Installing beveled wood siding.
Bevel wood siding provides rustic warmth for homes and log cabins.
They are lapped to shed water.
Fasten a cedar starter strip.
Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish.
Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions.
Seal all raw wood including edges of wood siding use building felt paper beneath the siding and use proper nails and nailing technique.
Bevel siding also referred to as clapboard siding is a very popular wood siding product.
Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication.
Blind nail to wall framing.
Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces.
Figure 1 lap clapboard or beveled wood siding.
Install corner trim on all corners typically 1 by 4 inch boards nailed vertically with the wide face of a board.
Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.
One edge has a thick butt while the other edge is thinner.
Step 8 siding beside windows photo by david carmack.
Wrap the house with a polyethylene or similar moisture barrier stapled to the wooden wall sheathing with a.
Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.
Install flashed water table at foundation.
Your wood siding will avoid water problems and damage if you follow some important tips.
Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project.
Seal all raw wood use building felt paper beneath the siding and use proper nails.
Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 4 inch penetration into solid wood using one nail per piece spaced at a maximum of 24 inches on center.
Siding should be nailed to each stud or on 16 inch centers.
Nail the clapboard to the studs.
How to install cedar bevel siding 1.
Each succeeding course overlaps the upper edge of the lower course.
Place nail just above the overlap.
It is normally blocked out with a starting strip the same thickness as the top of the siding board see figure a.
It is lumber that has been resawn at an angle resulting in two pieces.