How To Install Cedar Siding Beveled
Wrap the house with a polyethylene or similar moisture barrier stapled to the wooden wall sheathing with a.
How to install cedar siding beveled. Our maintenance committee insists that all split. Butt joints between boards should be staggered and made on studs. Horizontal siding installation siding should be nailed into studs at maximum 24 in centers when applied over wood based solid sheathing and 16 in. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces.
Siding should be nailed to each stud or on 16 inch centers. It is normally blocked out with a starting strip the same thickness as the top of the siding board see figure a. Place the nail just above the overlap. Place nail just above the overlap.
Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication. For bevel siding this is a minimum of 1 inch. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces see figure above. Siding may be installed starting with the bottom course.
Place nail just above the 1 in. Each house is covered with beveled cedar wood lap siding that splits for no reason. Fasten bevel siding in place using one nail per bearing or stud spaced a maximum of 24 inches on center. The video goes board by board w.
Each succeeding course overlaps the one below. In those areas where an air space between siding and sheathing is desired nail siding to furring strips table 4. Fasten a cedar starter strip. Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 2 in.
How to install cedar bevel siding 1. On center when bevel sidings 11 16 or thinner are applied without sheathing. The step by step process that we went through to put cedar siding on our tiny house from staining the boards to installation. Install corner trim on all corners typically 1 by 4 inch boards nailed vertically with the wide face of a board.
Penetration into solid wood using one nail per bearing spaced at a maximum of 24 in. Each succeeding course overlaps the upper edge of the lower course. Make sure the first course is level.