Installing Vertical Wood Siding

Nail the strips to framing members.

Installing vertical wood siding.

The actual installed board would be closer to the corner how to install tongue and groove siding. Fortunately if this style intrigues you you ve got. In some areas it is common to attach vertical 1x2 furring strips before installing board and batten siding. You might not see many homes with the siding installed vertically but pretty much any.

The different types of vertical siding. Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Attach strips around windows and doors then lay out and attach horizontal strips every 16 inches.

Note photo example. Choosing between vertical and horizontal siding installation. In vertical application start at one corner with grooved edge toward the adjacent wall. Which is right for you.

This article provides details for proper installation of wood building siding materials. We started at a corner since all four corners were going to have corner board trim installed. Sheathing should be a minimum of 5 8 inch thick and 3 4 inch thick is even better. Use scarf joints and caulk all seams.

Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. In order to provide a good nailing surface for vertically installed tongue and groove siding figure 1 the plywood sheathing underneath vertical siding should be thicker than that used for horizontal siding applications. Figure 1 vertical tongue and groove siding. Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.

Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood. Install flashed water table at foundation. Siding material hammer fine tooth saw square chalk line level tape measure safety glasses power saw utility knife tin snips. If your sheathing is not solid plywood or osb these strips are needed to provide a nailing surface.

We installed this tongue and groove siding vertical. Blind nail to wall framing.