How To Start 3 4 Tongue And Grove Siding

Siding up to 6 in.

How to start 3 4 tongue and grove siding.

3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated. The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom. Figure 3 tongue and groove vertical siding lapped corner. 1 you re usually working over your head.

Vertical tongue and grove siding corners. You can use your circular saw set to the depth of just the back part of the groove. Nail up the first panel at a corner of the room with the tongue side facing out. Wide can be blind nailed with one casing nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.

If the siding is up to 6 inches wide it can be nailed with one siding nail per bearing but siding any wider should use two nails per bearing. This is called blind nailing the only location that we installed fasteners in the face of the. How to install tongue and groove siding. Tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically.

In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards. This is part 1 of a 3 part series. In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the grove edges facing downwards to assure a weather tight wall. Insert a 1 2 inch spacer between the board and starting edge.

Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout. The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed. Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. Run a bead of construction adhesive down the back of.

The paneling will be nailed directly to these furring strips. Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding. Carefully slice the back part of the groove of your replacement board but leave the front part of the groove attached. Insert your new board s tongue into your old board s groove and lay the new board s front groove over the other old board s tongue.

2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry. To install tongue and groove paneling vertically begin by nailing 1 by 3 furring strips horizontally either directly to the wall studs on a new wall or over the drywall on a finished wall. The corner conditions both exterior and interior are most easily handled by lapping boards. Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood.

We used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar.