How To Snap Lines For Cedar Siding

A professional siding installer will use a transit or other leveling device to start all of the siding rows.

How to snap lines for cedar siding.

Make marks on the other walls at the same height and snap lines on those walls. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun. Place shingles on the guide board and fasten them offsetting joints by at least 1 1 2 inches. Bend flashing over the water table so it extends 1 inch up the wall.

Snap a line 1 in. Secure the top edge of the flashing at the studs with 4d nails. Cedar shingle siding can give a home old world charm. Should the framing be covered by sheetrock plywood or house wrap before beginning installation snap a chalklike or mark a line over the covering to ensure you nail at least 1 1 4 into the framing each and every time during installation.

Overlap the ends of the flashing 3 inches and seal joints with a paintable synthetic rubber sealant. Do the same for the remaining courses. Snap another line for the bottom row of siding positioning it so it will hang down an additional 1 4 in. Make a similar mark on the opposite corner of the wall then stretch a chalk line between the marks and snap a line.

Once you have built up the corners by about 10 courses snap a chalk line to mark the bottom of the next course. Start at the bottom of the wall at one end. When the the lip clears the track on the panel underneath it release pressure. Slide the tool to within 6 inches of the end of the panel and pull the handle toward you forcing the buttlock open.

Align one of the vertical edges at the edge of the trim or. I snap the first line as usual after hooking the chalk line on the lowest nail. Align the thick lower edge of a cedar shake at the lower edge of the siding or shear wall. When installing siding great care must be exercised in order that all of the siding lines up at the corners.

But to snap the next line i just leave the hook in place wind the line over the next nail and pull the chalk box to the correct mark. Snap vertical chalk lines at each stud location typically every 16 or 24 inches. It s much faster and easier than resetting the hook each time and the hook never slips. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide.