This channel conceals the cut edges of the soffit lengths as they meet the fascia.
How to nail siding on a house.
Manufacturers require about 1 4 in.
Run the nails right in the middle.
As its name lap implies an upper siding board laps over the board below it by 1 to 2 inches.
If all the siding is tight it was installed wrong and should be redone.
Just don t pound the roofing nails in all the way.
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.
Starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board.
So we re snapping then you pull up a little.
Most lap siding is beveled meaning that the bottom edge is thicker than the top.