How To Install Spruce Clapboard Siding
Place nail just above the overlap.
How to install spruce clapboard siding. Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it. Nail the clapboard to the studs. 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. Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project.
How to install wood lap clapboard or beveled siding part 1. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces. Use a strip the same thickness as the top of. Co written by emanuel silva.
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. Put a level starter strip around the house at the bottom of the wall as a starting point for clapboard and to mark the bottom for the corner boards. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.
Penetration into solid wood using one ring shank nail per stud spaced at a maximum of 24 in. By carter silva on february 6 2015. Step 8 siding beside windows photo by david carmack. Install clapboards by face nailing them to the house studs with 1 1 4 in.
Keep nails in 1 from edges. Work has begun on the exterior finish.