How To Start Putting On Siding

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.

How to start putting on siding.

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. If you don t cut your siding short when it expands in the summer it s going to buckle. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. Remove any siding or exterior finish that isn t compatible with vinyl siding and make sure the walls are sheathed with a substrate to receive the siding.

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. When installing vinyl siding on each side of a window or door start on the side that needs the longer panels. This is our most comprehensive.

For horizontal siding install f channel trim at the soffit and gable rake. Install trim under eaves rakes. Lap siding also called horizontal siding or clapboard may be made of wood fiber cement plywood hardboard or similar materials. Nail every 12 inches on center.

If the top is mitered miter the sides as well. 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. For vertical siding install j channel trim.