How To Install Vinyl Clapboard Siding

Snap a level chalk line around the bottom of the house about an inch above the bottom of the existing wood siding for a steel starter strip.

How to install vinyl clapboard siding. 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. Use a strip the same thickness as the top of. If the faucet falls in the center of the. By carter silva on february 6 2015.

Co written by emanuel silva. Fastening strips are the key to vinyl installation. Plywood in place of insulation board. In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post.

Generally the best idea is to remove any existing siding from your exterior walls before installing the vinyl siding. This goes for fiber cement hardwood and masonite siding. The most common practice when installing vinyl siding over existing wood shingles or clapboard is to first put up rigid foam or fan fold. Then notch the siding from the top and slide it under the faucet.

Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it. While covering lap siding with vinyl is an option for some siding other varieties of lap siding can t be covered by vinyl.