Join the clapboards with scarf joints as in step 3.
Installing beveled wood siding.
Your wood siding will avoid water problems and damage if you follow some important tips.
Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces.
Install flashed water table at foundation.
It is lumber that has been resawn at an angle resulting in two pieces.
Each succeeding course overlaps the upper edge of the lower course.
Nail the clapboard to the studs.
Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions.
Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 4 inch penetration into solid wood using one nail per piece spaced at a maximum of 24 inches on center.
Carefully slide the notched piece of siding into place.
Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication.
If more than one clapboard is needed to span a wall snap a chalk line between the marks on the corner boards on top of the course being overlapped.
Siding may be installed starting with the bottom course.
Wrap the house with a polyethylene or similar moisture barrier stapled to the wooden wall sheathing with a.
How to install cedar bevel siding 1.
Install corner trim on all corners typically 1 by 4 inch boards nailed vertically with the wide face of a board.
They are lapped to shed water.
Seal all raw wood use building felt paper beneath the siding and use proper nails.
Blind nail to wall framing.
It is normally blocked out with a starting strip the same thickness as the top of the siding board see figure a.
Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.
Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project.
Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish.
Place nail just above the overlap.
One edge has a thick butt while the other edge is thinner.
Siding should be nailed to each stud or on 16 inch centers.
Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.
Fasten a cedar starter strip.
Bevel siding also referred to as clapboard siding is a very popular wood siding product.
Step 8 siding beside windows photo by david carmack.