Applying Clapboard Siding

Lap clapboard or beveled siding should lap no less than 1 inch and preferably 2 inches.

Applying clapboard siding.

The recommended exposure distances exposure distance is the amount of siding left exposed to the weather are 4 inches for 6 inch siding 8 inches for 10 inch siding and so on as shown in figure 3. Slip 12 inch wide splines of felt behind the corner boards and the side casings next to doors. Co written by emanuel silva. To estimate the amount of stock needed for a siding job measure the height and width of all the.

Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it. To get the right shape nail a starter strip around the bottom of the wall then scribe a line around the wall at the height of the top of your 4 inch clapboard. By carter silva on february 6 2015. Work has begun on the exterior finish.

Seeing that fence post today standing plumb and solid makes me feel glad that all the steps i did were well worth it. Contractors are installing the cedar trim casing and grounds and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding. Staple a layer of house wrap to the sheathing working from the bottom up and overlapping joints by several inches so that any water that reaches it will shed down the wall. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.

Make a mark in the exact middle of a length of 6 inch clapboard and tack it to the wall with one nail so that its top edge touches the scribed layout line at the center mark. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations.