The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom.
How to start 3 4 tongue and grove siding.
We used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar.
Nail up the first panel at a corner of the room with the tongue side facing out.
You will have to cut the board lengthwise as shown in figure 3 in order for it to fit.
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.
3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated.
This is part 1 of a 3 part series.
Tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically.
Figure 3 tongue and groove vertical siding lapped corner.
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.
Siding up to 6 in.
Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece.
Vertical tongue and grove siding corners.
Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood.
You can use your circular saw set to the depth of just the back part of the groove.
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.
The paneling will be nailed directly to these furring strips.
Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.
Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.
In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.
The corner conditions both exterior and interior are most easily handled by lapping boards.
Run a bead of construction adhesive down the back of.
Wide can be blind nailed with one casing nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.
Carefully slice the back part of the groove of your replacement board but leave the front part of the groove attached.
The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed.
This is called blind nailing the only location that we installed fasteners in the face of the.
Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding.
How to install tongue and groove siding.
In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the grove edges facing downwards to assure a weather tight wall.
Start at a far wall for vertical boards and at the floor for horizontal boards.