Installing Siding Wood

In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house.

Installing siding wood.

Vinyl siding must be installed against a flat surface. Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. Cutting the wood siding is one of the most delicate steps in the process of installing wood siding.

You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Maintain a square shape as you cut so that all the joints align without any unevenness. If you use more than one piece to complete. Locate stud centers and mark.

Prepare the walls as you would for other wood sidings by applying building wrap applying self stick. Place the footer which is the piece of trim that is at the. Step 1 before the siding is installed. Despite the variety of materials installation methods are basically the same with a few variations in fasteners joints and so forth.

How to do it prep the walls. Installing vinyl siding over wood siding wood must be sound. The main challenge is finding the studs to nail to unless your house has plywood or osb sheathing. Working with vinyl siding.

Install exterior wood siding. Fastening is seldom difficult. The felt paper acts as a water and air barrier but allows water vapor to pass through so as not to accumulate in the wall assembly. Most types of siding are relatively easy to install.

If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you. Install horizontal siding such as aluminum or vinyl by hanging the underlayment and installing the trim. This is a good idea even if the panels are preprimed because plywood edges are very. Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials.

Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques. If you own a miter saw you ll find it easy to make square cuts on most types of horizontal siding. Add the corner posts using two nails in the upper slots to suspend them. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo.

Prime the panel edges. For example you install fiber cement lap siding in much the same way as wood siding but most manufacturers advise you to leave 1 8 inch gaps at the ends of the boards to allow for expansion and then caulk the gaps.