Installing Vertical Wood Siding

The different types of vertical siding.

Installing vertical wood siding.

We installed this tongue and groove siding vertical. Wood siding installation product guide. Blind nail to wall framing. This article provides details for proper installation of wood building siding materials.

Attach strips around windows and doors then lay out and attach horizontal strips every 16 inches. Which is right for you. Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood. You might not see many homes with the siding installed vertically but pretty much any.

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. Figure 1 vertical tongue and groove siding. Layout fabricate and attach primed wood siding 6 width over vapor barrier.

Sheathing should be a minimum of 5 8 inch thick and 3 4 inch thick is even better. Choosing between vertical and horizontal siding installation. 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. Install flashed water table at foundation.

Use scarf joints and caulk all seams. The first step was to use a level and install the first piece plumb. Wood siding installation labor basic basic labor to install wood siding with favorable site conditions. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.

We started at a corner since all four corners were going to have corner board trim installed. The actual installed board would be closer to the corner how to install tongue and groove siding. In vertical application start at one corner with grooved edge toward the adjacent wall. This article series discusses best practices construction details for building exteriors including water and air barriers building flashing products installation wood siding material choices installation vinyl siding stucco exteriors building trim.

Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. Note photo example.