How To Put Up Cedar Lap Siding

Fasten a cedar starter strip.

How to put up cedar lap siding. Wrap the house with a polyethylene or similar moisture barrier stapled to the wooden wall sheathing with a. For horizontal applications start with the bottom course and work up with the channels pointing upwards. 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. Install the windows and door jambs so you can trim the doors windows and corners of the house with wood trim.

How to install cedar bevel siding 1. Always apply primer or stain end cuts. How to install cedar shingle siding step 1. Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding.

Lap sidings are installed again beginning with the bottom course and working up. Place the nail just above the overlap. Define the bottom. With corner boards there is the choice of applying them next to the siding or over top of the siding as shown here.

Begin the installation by wrapping the house with a waterproof membrane either 15 to 30 pound felt or. Do not nail through the overlap of the two pieces. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations. All butt joints should be staggered and the butt joints should fit snugly where the siding meets the trim.

You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. Lap siding can be installed horizontally or vertically. Install corner trim on all corners typically 1 by 4 inch boards nailed vertically with the wide face of a board. Allow a 1 8 inch expansion gap between pieces if the siding is air or kiln dried.

Do not nail through overlaps. As in the above illustration at inside corners siding is frequently butted against a 2 x 2 trim strip.