How To Put Up Siding Panels

Be sure the flashing overlaps the siding course below.

How to put up siding panels.

The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. This is the most important step in the whole project in order to keep rain and snow from seeping under the metal siding. Paint all cut edges before nailing panels in place. Measure the height of the piece you need to cut by butting a scrap piece of siding beneath and above the window and marking the necessary height leaving an additional 1 4 inch 0 6 cm of clearance.

Finish the siding with trim molding typically 1 by 4 inch boards around doors and windows and on corners. Make sure cut openings line up. Leave a small gap at butt joints and fill with caulk. To keep your vertical metal siding looking polished and balanced you want to avoid installing a partial panel on only one side of the wall.

It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. As you install the sheet metal siding be sure that the panels are lined up straight. Instead you should cut two partial panels that are each half the length of the partial panel you need and install them on each end of the wall. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better.

Drive screws to fasten a straight 8 foot long 1x4 or 1x3 against the factory edge of an 8 foot long piece of plywood that is at least 10 inches wide. Transfer this measurement onto the piece of siding. T 111 siding is a type of plywood siding that was once one of the most commonly used types of siding on homes sheds and garages as it is very inexpensive and fairly easy to install. If hand nailing fiber cement siding use hot dipped galvanized nails and drive the nails into the wall studs.

Make a cutting guide make a cutting guide for long straight cuts. Use the wider starter strip. Install flashing at all end joints where two pieces of siding butt together. Put 1 by 4 boards quarter round or.

However this type of siding is no longer widely used due to the weather damage issues it is prone to. First install the strip around the bottom of the entire building securely so that the sheet metal will slip under it easily. Apply adhesive with a caulk gun in a w or wave pattern.