How To Install Tongue And Groove Cedar Siding
If you want the trim to be more pronounced install the siding first and then apply the trim over the siding.
How to install tongue and groove cedar siding. This is called blind nailing the only location that we installed fasteners in the face of the cedar was at the top where a trim board was covering it. Carefully slice the back part of the groove of your replacement board but leave the front part of the groove attached. The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed. You may choose to install corner trim first and butt the siding up to it as shown.
Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards. You can use your circular saw set to the depth of just the back part of the groove. Insert your new board s tongue into your old board s groove and lay the new board s front groove over the other old board s tongue.
Tongue groove installation tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically. How to install tongue and groove siding. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Once all the supplies are obtained siding included you still aren t quite ready to begin the.
How to install tongue and groove siding part 1 step 1 determine the amount of siding needed. For a less pronounced reveal attach strips of 3 8 inch pressure treated plywood to the insides of the corner trims and install the corners before you install the siding.