Join the clapboards with scarf joints as in step 3.
How to install spruce clapboard siding.
How to install wood lap clapboard or beveled siding part 1.
Step 8 siding beside windows photo by david carmack.
Co written by emanuel silva.
Penetration into solid wood using one ring shank nail per stud spaced at a maximum of 24 in.
Keep nails in 1 from edges.
By carter silva on february 6 2015.
Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project.
Place nail just above the overlap.
Contractors are installing the cedar trim casing and grounds and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding.
In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.
Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish.
Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces.
Use a strip the same thickness as the top of.
Carefully slide the notched piece of siding into place.
Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it.
Work has begun on the exterior finish.
Put a level starter strip around the house at the bottom of the wall as a starting point for clapboard and to mark the bottom for the corner boards.
Install clapboards by face nailing them to the house studs with 1 1 4 in.