Applying Clapboard Siding

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.

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. How to hang clapboard siding clapboard overview. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.

Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding. Co written by emanuel silva. Lap clapboard or beveled siding should lap no less than 1 inch and preferably 2 inches. To estimate the amount of stock needed for a siding job measure the height and width of all the.

By carter silva on february 6 2015. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations. 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. Work has begun on the exterior finish.

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. Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it.