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Finish Siding

2-12. Finish Siding

Finish siding is the outside wood finish of the wall. Only board siding made of long, narrow boards will be covered in this section.

a. Vertical Wood Siding. Vertical wood siding is nailed securely to girts with 8d or 10d nails. The cracks are covered with wood strips called battens. To make this type of wall more weatherproof some type of tar paper or light-roll roofing may be applied between the siding and the sheathing. (See Figure 2-25 .)

Figure 2-25. Vertical wood siding

b. Horizontal Wood Siding. Horizontal wood siding is cut to various patterns and sizes to be used as the finished outside surface of a structure (see Figure 2-26 ). It should be well-seasoned lumber. Siding is made in sizes ranging from 1/2 inch to 1 inch by 12 inches. Two types of siding are beveled and drop.

Figure 2-26. Horizontal wood siding

(1) Beveled Siding. Beveled siding is made with beveled boards, thin at the top edge and thick at the butt (see Figure 2-27 ). It is the most common form of wood siding It comes in 1 inch for narrow widths and 2 inches and over for wide types. It is nailed to solid sheathing, over which building paper has been attached.

Figure 2-27. Beveled siding

(2) Drop Siding. Drop siding is used as a combination of sheathing and siding or with separate sheathing. It comes in a wide variety of face finishes and is either shiplapped or tongue-and-grooved (see Figure 2-28 ). When sheathing is not used, the door and window casings are set after the siding is up. If sheathing is used and then building paper is added, drop siding is applied with beveled siding, after the window and door casings are in place.

Figure 2-28. Drop siding

Curriculum design: David L. Heiserman
Publisher: SweetHaven Publishing Services