How To Install Wood House Siding

Wood shingle siding photo by mark atkinson otto design.

How to install wood house siding.

Locate stud centers and mark. How to do it prep the walls. Fiber cement lap siding provides a natural wood like look and it isn t prone to water rot or insect damage. Step 1 before the siding is installed.

Take a layer of plywood sheathing covered with felt building paper and install it onto the exterior surface of a your house s wood frame. Step 4 make a swing stick photo by david carmack. 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. This hardy material comes in 12 foot lengths with a variety of different widths.

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. An inch above the siding s butt edge drive in one 7d nail into each stud. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations. Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding.

If you use more than one piece to complete. Add the corner posts using two nails in the upper slots to suspend them. Install metal z flashing at the wall tops if the soffit under the roof overhang is not covered. Installing fiber cement lap siding is no more difficult to install than wood siding and we ll walk you through the entire process.

Have at least one helper to handle and hold 4 by 8 foot panels. Prepare the walls as you would for other wood sidings by applying building wrap applying self stick. Apply sealant to the ends fit them together and drive one nail through the overlapping board inch to the side of the joint. Place the footer which is the piece of trim that is at the.

But in most cases you re better off removing old siding prior to installing new wood siding. Prime the panel edges. This is a good idea even if the panels are preprimed because plywood edges are very. Install horizontal siding such as aluminum or vinyl by hanging the underlayment and installing the trim.

Some types of wood siding can be installed over existing siding.