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.
How to install wood siding corners.
Each corner should be hung straight so drop a plumb line for each corner post.
Install your starter sheet.
Option a if you have chosen not to use epoxy you may now fasten the wood rain screen corners with 1 1 4 stainless steel screws through the back of the plywood.
If corner boards are not used the siding boards of adjacent walls extend to meet in a mitered joint at the corner.
You should be able to wiggle the siding slightly.
Vertical corner boards are generally installed before the wood siding so that the siding butts snugly against its edge.
If more than one clapboard is needed to span a wall snap a chalk line between the marks on the corner boards on top of the course being overlapped.
Now you are ready to predrill the back of the wood corner.
Be sure to nail all nails at the top of the slots so that the posts hang from the nails.
Measure all corners from where the wall meets the roof to the bottom of the corner strip with a tape measure and.
But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in.
If the result is a whole number you re in.
How to install corner boards for clapboard siding 1.
Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot.
Carefully slide the notched piece of siding into place.
The siding is fitted against door and window casings in the same way.
Hammer the first nail into the nailing slot.
Join the clapboards with scarf joints as in step 3.
Slide the ends under the corner posts in the same manner.
Put a level starter strip around the house at the bottom of the wall as a starting point for clapboard and to mark.
If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.
Nail the clapboard to the studs.
Slide the bottom of the siding into the footer being sure to allow for expansion.
Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations.