How To Install Lapboard Siding

If more than one clapboard is needed to span a wall snap a chalk line between the marks on the corner boards on top of the course being overlapped.

How to install lapboard siding. First make sure you review the hardieplank lap siding installation instructions which contain the information you need for proper installation. Watch this to learn how to install hardieplank james hardie s world famous fiber cement lap siding. Despite the variety of materials installation methods are basically the same with a few variations in fasteners joints and so forth. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.

Seeing that fence post today standing plumb and solid makes me feel glad that all the steps i did were well worth it. Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project. Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it. For example you install fiber cement lap siding in much the same way as wood siding but most manufacturers advise you to leave 1 8 inch gaps at the ends of the boards to allow for expansion and then caulk the gaps.

Co written by emanuel silva. Measure all corners from where the wall meets the roof to the bottom of the corner strip with a tape measure and. To help you get started we d recommend checking out this helpful video which shows you how to cut and install starter strips and how to stagger lap siding for improved appearance. How to install wood lap clapboard or beveled siding part 1.

By carter silva on february 6 2015. Put a level starter strip around the house at the bottom of the wall as a starting point for clapboard and to mark. How to install corner boards for clapboard siding 1. If you are looking for a popular and effective method of covering the side of a house you can go ahead and install lap siding.

Nail the clapboard to the studs. Join the clapboards with scarf joints as in step 3. Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish. Sometimes called clapboard or horizontal siding lap siding is a very good way of covering the side of a house.