Most lap siding is beveled meaning that the bottom edge is thicker than the top.
How to nail siding on a house.
Play at both ends so if it s nailed properly loosely you should be able to slide it 1 4 to 1 2 in.
Simply go outside grab the lower edges of a siding course and try to slide it back and forth photo 1.
This channel conceals the cut edges of the soffit lengths as they meet the fascia.
On thick profiles of siding nails may be hidden meaning they are driven into the upper portion of a board so they are covered by the lower part of the board above it.
Just don t pound the roofing nails in all the way.
So we re snapping then you pull up a little.
Run the nails right in the middle.
You re going to push it in at the bottom snap there and just go all the way around snap and pull up snap snap snap it s not that hard you just push it in there you go.
As its name lap implies an upper siding board laps over the board below it by 1 to 2 inches.