Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.
Installing vertical wood siding.
Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions.
The different types of vertical siding.
The first step was to use a level and install the first piece plumb.
Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.
In some areas it is common to attach vertical 1x2 furring strips before installing board and batten siding.
Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece.
In vertical application start at one corner with grooved edge toward the adjacent wall.
Figure 1 vertical tongue and groove siding.
You might not see many homes with the siding installed vertically but pretty much any.
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If your sheathing is not solid plywood or osb these strips are needed to provide a nailing surface.
Blind nail to wall framing.
Siding material hammer fine tooth saw square chalk line level tape measure safety glasses power saw utility knife tin snips.
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Nail the strips to framing members.
Sheathing should be a minimum of 5 8 inch thick and 3 4 inch thick is even better.
Attach strips around windows and doors then lay out and attach horizontal strips every 16 inches.
Install flashed water table at foundation.
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The actual installed board would be closer to the corner how to install tongue and groove siding.
We installed this tongue and groove siding vertical.
Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.
We started at a corner since all four corners were going to have corner board trim installed.
Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood.
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