How To Side A House With Lap Siding

Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding.

How to side a house with lap siding. Because the color is throughout the material nicks and scratches don t show up. For an attractive corner install the trim on the sides of your house flush to the face of the house. Lp smartside lap siding is a great material to work with because it isn t fragile to work with like. This goes for fiber cement hardwood and masonite siding.

While covering lap siding with vinyl is an option for some siding other varieties of lap siding can t be covered by vinyl. Generally the best idea is to remove any existing siding from your exterior walls before installing the vinyl siding. Staple a layer of house wrap to the sheathing working from the bottom up and overlapping joints by several inches so that any water that reaches it will shed down the wall. 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 that will hold the bottom of the first row of vinyl.

Sophisticated manufacturing techniques create products that do a surprisingly fine job of mimicking wood grain lap siding wood shingles and even stone. Expansion should be allowed for so subtract one fourth to 3 8 inches from the actual length to leave a one eighth to 3 16 inch gap between each trim piece and the siding. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations. To the left of the chimney traditional lap siding is used while to the right a shingle adds texture and detail.

If you choose to install your trim over your lap siding lp smartside 440 series trim is a fine choice. On one side of the house measure and cut a piece of hardboard lap siding to fit between the corner trim pieces. Vinyl siding is tough and comes in a boatload of colors and textures. In this video dave shows you how to install lap siding.