Applying Clapboard Siding

Co written by emanuel silva.

Applying clapboard siding.

Slip 12 inch wide splines of felt behind the corner boards and the side casings next to doors. Contractors are installing the cedar trim casing and grounds and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding. By carter silva on february 6 2015. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.

To get the right shape nail a starter strip around the bottom of the wall then scribe a line around the wall at the height of the top of your 4 inch clapboard. The recommended exposure distances exposure distance is the amount of siding left exposed to the weather are 4 inches for 6 inch siding 8 inches for 10 inch siding and so on as shown in figure 3. Work has begun on the exterior finish. Make a mark in the exact middle of a length of 6 inch clapboard and tack it to the wall with one nail so that its top edge touches the scribed layout line at the center mark.

To estimate the amount of stock needed for a siding job measure the height and width of all the. 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. Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding. Hang the starter course.

How to hang clapboard siding clapboard overview. Lap clapboard or beveled siding should lap no less than 1 inch and preferably 2 inches.