Installing Wood Siding On House

Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.

Installing wood siding on house.

Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier. Install flashed water table at foundation. Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials. Consider replacing rotted areas with fiber cement siding.

I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. Install horizontal siding such as aluminum or vinyl by hanging the underlayment and installing the trim. Place the footer which is the piece of trim that is at the. If there is no housewrap or trim on the house.

Despite the variety of materials installation methods are basically the same with a few variations in fasteners joints and so forth. Install the new siding so there s a 1 in. Slip 12 inch wide splines of felt behind the corner boards and the side casings next to doors and windows. Locate studs by tapping across the wall with a hammer.

Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Add the corner posts using two nails in the upper slots to suspend them. If you use more than one piece to complete. Gap between siding and shingles.

A brief overview on installing real wood siding. Snap vertical chalk lines at each stud location typically every 16 or 24 inches. In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. Thinner than most hardboard but it works in many cases has a comparable cost is highly rot resistant and carries a 50 year warranty.

The felt paper acts as a water and air barrier but allows water vapor to pass through so as not to accumulate in the wall assembly. Just to clarify a point i m only back priming the siding on the first 4 or 5 courses since these are the on. Step 1 before the siding is installed.