How To Install Vinyl Clapboard Siding

The most common practice when installing vinyl siding over existing wood shingles or clapboard is to first put up rigid foam or fan fold.

How to install vinyl clapboard siding.

Use a strip the same thickness as the top of. Then notch the siding from the top and slide it under the faucet. While covering lap siding with vinyl is an option for some siding other varieties of lap siding can t be covered by vinyl. These products are designed primarily to pad imperfections on the walls so the new layer of siding will lay flatter.

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Fastening strips are the key to vinyl installation. Generally the best idea is to remove any existing siding from your exterior walls before installing the vinyl siding. Put a level starter strip around the house at the bottom of the wall as a starting point for clapboard and to mark the bottom for the corner boards. 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.

If the faucet falls in the center of the. Although it was dirty and hard work i enjoyed every minute of it.