How To Start Putting On Siding

When installing vinyl siding on each side of a window or door start on the side that needs the longer panels.

How to start putting on siding.

Expert advice on how to install wood or fiber cement lap siding including how to prepare exterior walls and lay out siding for installation. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. 1 2 inch 1 3 cm plywood or osb are common substrates and these are generally covered with roofing felt or another moisture barrier prior to siding the walls. Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials.

For horizontal siding install f channel trim at the soffit and gable rake. This is our most comprehensive. Nail every 12 inches on center. Longer siding panels don t stretch as readily as smaller ones so they re not as easy to adjust if they get out of whack.

You need to leave at least 1 4. Whatever your measurement is take at least 1 4 or 1 8 on both sides for the panel to slide back and forth. Install trim under eaves rakes. For vertical siding install j channel trim.

Not just another vinyl siding installation video. When cutting vinyl siding it s usually to go into a corner. Install siding at the top of a window or door in a similar fashion but this time set the siding on the window channel and use the window trim to mark the cut. At the bottoms of windows install under sill trim for horizontal siding and j channel trim for vertical siding.