How To Install Half Round Siding

Half round siding is an attractive and interesting way to add interest texture and depth to your home s exterior.

How to install half round siding.

Change after installation by installing siding or trim at a moisture content that matches the local climate as closely as possible. This will ensure the product is installed properly to give you an authentic log look. A conventionally framed house should be sheathed with plywood or osb and wrapped with house wrap or tar paper prior to log siding installation. Install 1 2 inch 12 7 mm foam sheathing strips on both sides of each corner then install your corner siding pieces to these strips.

Whether you have a victorian that needs some additional gingerbread style trim or you have a more sedate home style that needs a little pick me up in design half round shingles are a great way to add the look you re after. For example if the climate in a particular region causes wood to maintain 8 to 13 moisture content annually the ideal approach is to install the woodwork with moisture content within that range. Installation instructions for log siding here are some basic installation guidelines for our tongue n groove log siding. In this video he uses white cedar half log sidi.

Cut and use the top section which contains the locks as your starter course. The corner posts should run from 3 4 inch 1 9 cm below the bottom of the starter strip to just beneath the eaves after the soffit pieces have been installed. Once you ve determined the visible height of the starter course mark this dimension on a half round shingle panel. Cut down to size and install the specifically created vertical or corner logs like the maker s directions say.

Peter green owner of northern log supply demonstrates how to install log siding with saddle notch corners. This is typically a half inch of spacing.