How To Start Siding A House

Fastening strips are the key to vinyl installation.

How to start siding a house.

To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. When installing the trim at the windows start at the bottom then move to the sides and install the top portion last. Install j channels at doors and windows and under roof eaves and rakes. A good house stain not only beautifies your home s exterior it preserves and protects exterior wood from nature s harshest elements.

Install a starter strip. Snap a level line all the way around your house and make sure it s level. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. The first piece of vinyl you re going to hang is on the starter strip.

Today sherwin williams makes a full line of stains for just about every surface. Attach the siding to the wall with a nail in each section of the nail strip. From cedar siding to redwood deck wood offers a rich warm welcome to any home. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck.

Each sheet of siding has a nail strip at the top. Once you ve decided where you want the siding to begin drive a nail through a point on your chosen starting height and snap a chalk line around the perimeter of the house. Siding should progress up the wall with an even exposure and courses should line up when they meet at a corner. Nail a piece of plywood about 3 5 inches 89 mm thick along the top of the chalk line this will hold out the bottom of the first row of siding.

Miter or cut tabs at the ends. This will help control water flow and prevent leakage. It is important to check your level every four or five courses by putting a level on the siding. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.

Lay out the job when applying horizontal siding to avoid odd slivers of material above doors and above or below windows. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Use the wider starter strip the bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. Nail the trim every 12 inches on center.

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. It will be made of aluminum and it usually comes about 3 inches in width and 12 feet long. But stain is not just for siding and trim.