Installing Vertical Wood Siding

Blind nail to wall framing.

Installing vertical wood siding.

Siding material hammer fine tooth saw square chalk line level tape measure safety glasses power saw utility knife tin snips. Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier. We installed this tongue and groove siding vertical. Attach strips around windows and doors then lay out and attach horizontal strips every 16 inches.

Choosing between vertical and horizontal siding installation. We started at a corner since all four corners were going to have corner board trim installed. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Figure 1 vertical tongue and groove siding.

Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. Nail the strips to framing members. The different types of vertical siding. Note photo example.

Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Which is right for you. In some areas it is common to attach vertical 1x2 furring strips before installing board and batten siding. If your sheathing is not solid plywood or osb these strips are needed to provide a nailing surface.

Install flashed water table at foundation. Wood siding installation product guide. The actual installed board would be closer to the corner how to install tongue and groove siding. Sheathing should be a minimum of 5 8 inch thick and 3 4 inch thick is even better.

The first step was to use a level and install the first piece plumb. In vertical application start at one corner with grooved edge toward the adjacent wall. Use scarf joints and caulk all seams. In order to provide a good nailing surface for vertically installed tongue and groove siding figure 1 the plywood sheathing underneath vertical siding should be thicker than that used for horizontal siding applications.

This article provides details for proper installation of wood building siding materials. Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood.