Installing Vertical Wood Siding

Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece.

Installing vertical wood siding.

The different types of vertical siding. Nail the strips to framing members. Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood. Wood siding installation product guide.

Fortunately if this style intrigues you you ve got. Siding material hammer fine tooth saw square chalk line level tape measure safety glasses power saw utility knife tin snips. Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Sheathing should be a minimum of 5 8 inch thick and 3 4 inch thick is even better.

Choosing between vertical and horizontal siding installation. 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. Figure 1 vertical tongue and groove siding. If your sheathing is not solid plywood or osb these strips are needed to provide a nailing surface.

This article provides details for proper installation of wood building siding materials. We installed this tongue and groove siding vertical. Install flashed water table at foundation. We started at a corner since all four corners were going to have corner board trim installed.

The actual installed board would be closer to the corner how to install tongue and groove siding. Blind nail to wall framing. In some areas it is common to attach vertical 1x2 furring strips before installing board and batten siding. Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.

Which is right for you. The first step was to use a level and install the first piece plumb. You might not see many homes with the siding installed vertically but pretty much any. In vertical application start at one corner with grooved edge toward the adjacent wall.

Attach strips around windows and doors then lay out and attach horizontal strips every 16 inches. This article series discusses best practices construction details for building exteriors including water and air barriers building flashing products installation wood siding material choices installation vinyl siding stucco exteriors building trim.