How To Install Light On Clapboard Siding

Secure it to every other stud with one 7d nail.

How to install light on clapboard siding.

Using a table saw rip 1 1 2 inches off the top of a clapboard for a starter strip. Co written by emanuel silva. Make up a surface block or try to buy one to fit siding profile and mount box in surface block. Prop its thickest edge 1 8 inch above the water table.

Installing wood siding is not an overly difficult process but there are some keys to a successful project. Contractors are installing the cedar trim casing and grounds and continue on to begin installing the clapboard siding. Line up the lower edge or butt edge of the first full width clapboard so that it covers the starter strip and lies a hair above the water table. Hole saw a 5 hole in siding and use same holesaw to cut a 5 slug of trim board to insert in hole.

Natural wood siding lap clapboard or beveled is still a common exterior finish. How to install wood lap clapboard or beveled siding part 1. Here we ve compiled his best how to tips for stress free diy projects. Work has begun on the exterior finish.

Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it. Installing mounting blocks for electrical boxes mounting a new light fixture or other item onto a clapboard or vinyl sided home can be problematic due to the fact that the house siding is not a flat surface. Seeing that fence post today standing plumb and solid makes me feel glad that all the steps i did were well worth it. In the case of a light fixture you can use a specially molded light weight house siding mounting bracket that sits over the clapboard.

In my last article i wrote about installing a fence post. Cut a mounting block out of 1 inch lumber to mount a fixture on vinyl or clapboard siding. In every issue toh master carpenter norm abram dishes out advice to readers in his tricks of the trade column. By carter silva on february 6 2015.