Installing Beveled Wood Siding

How to install cedar bevel siding 1.

Installing beveled wood siding.

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. Nail the clapboard to the studs. Use scarf joints and caulk all seams. Join the clapboards with scarf joints as in step 3.

They are lapped to shed water. Siding should be nailed to each stud or on 16 inch centers. It is lumber that has been resawn at an angle resulting in two pieces. Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.

Seal all raw wood use building felt paper beneath the siding and use proper nails. Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Carefully slide the notched piece of siding into place. Install flashed water table at foundation.

Wrap the house with a polyethylene or similar moisture barrier stapled to the wooden wall sheathing with a. Your wood siding will avoid water problems and damage if you follow some important tips. Place nail just above the overlap. Siding may be installed starting with the bottom course.

Each succeeding course overlaps the upper edge of the lower course. One edge has a thick butt while the other edge is thinner. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces. It is normally blocked out with a starting strip the same thickness as the top of the siding board see figure a.

Blind nail to wall framing. Install corner trim on all corners typically 1 by 4 inch boards nailed vertically with the wide face of a board. Step 8 siding beside windows photo by david carmack. Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication.

Fasten a cedar starter strip. 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. If more than one clapboard is needed to span a wall snap a chalk line between the marks on the corner boards on top of the course being overlapped.

Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish.