How To Install Diagonal Wood Siding

Install your starter sheet.

How to install diagonal wood siding.

The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. It is important to understand how the different profiles impacts your design before you select your siding pattern. We used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar. The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed.

How to install tongue and groove siding. Read the full how to. You should be able to wiggle the siding slightly. Slide the ends under the corner posts in the same manner.

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 2 cutting wood siding. It is the installer s responsibility to ensure that the furring strips are properly secured to the structure. 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.

Begin by nailing up vertical furring strips then cut a triangular piece of panel by cutting a 45 degree angle at both ends of the piece with the cuts meeting at the grooved edge. Step 1 before the siding is installed. Slide the bottom of the siding into the footer being sure to allow for expansion. Diagonal furring strips for installing siding vertically horizontally or diagonally use 1 x 4 kiln dried furring strips with a moisture level less than 19.