Installing Wood Siding On A Shed

Welcome to part 8 of our shed build showing the lp smartside siding installation.

Installing wood siding on a shed.

How to install sheet siding on your shed step 1 determine the siding length. The wooden siding is available in lots of versions like the cedar siding cypress siding redwood and engineered wood siding. To side the 304sq ft. This is a plastic that helps to keep water out.

Staple a layer of house wrap to the sheathing working from the bottom up and overlapping joints by several inches so that any water that reaches it will shed down the wall. Installing the siding if you used sheathing on the shed walls the first thing you should do is add house wrap. Step 2 attach the first piece of siding. If you re going to paint the siding install the smooth side facing out.

For a stained finish install the rough side out. Fit the siding strip over the starter strip centering it between the corners. Most of these shed siding materials involve installing the plywood t1 11 siding or lap or lp siding that will impress with their durability. Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations.

The first step to installing the siding is to determine how tall the sheets need to. The second step is to attach the first piece of siding. Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding. A box of shingles at my lumber store covers 25sq ft.

Of my 8 x10 shed using 5 x16 square cut cedar shingles will be more expensive than other options. Otherwise the nail tips will protrude into the shed s interior creating dozens of pointy painful hazards. Use a razor blade to cut the wrap and nail into place with a hammer using the 1 plastic cap nails. The stain will soak much deeper into the rough sawn surface.

The first piece of. In this video we are installing an engineered wood siding product that is p. Step 3 attach the. Snap a string line 5 to 8 up the face for the bottom of the next row and continue each until done.