Clapboard Siding Exposure

Cedarboards single seven inch clapboard insulated siding is highly impact resistant and offers advantages such as thermal benefits and sound absorption in a beautiful flat faced panel with truetexture rough cedar finish.

Clapboard siding exposure.

Cedar wood siding and hardie fiber board siding is commonly available in a clapboard or lap board style and is often sold by the 12 board. Mark an arrow on the end of the stick where you began measuring. Many people install 5 1 2 with a 4 exposure to the weather. Lap clapboard or beveled siding should lap no less than 1 inch and preferably 2 inches.

The boards overlap each other and are only partially exposed to the elements to keep the building water tight. Starting at either end make a series of marks along one edge each equal to the clapboard s exposure to the weather. It also features the patented studfinder is designed for accurate and secure installation. Hardieplank lap siding is not just our best selling product it s the most popular brand of siding in america.

The most common size used x 6 is available as solid wood or finger joined both in primed and unprimed. Other in stock profiles include 1 2 x 4 1 2 x 8 and 3 4 x 10. Estimate the number of boards needed for a project in a few simple steps. Clapboard siding is installed horizontally and yields an attractive shadow line which varies with the thickness of siding selected.

To ensure that the courses are evenly spaced make a swing stick from a straight 1x3 at least 6 feet long. Penetration into solid wood using one ring shank nail per stud spaced at a maximum of 24 in. For 6 inch siding that s 4 1 2 inches. The portion that s visible not overlapped is called the exposure.

A 6 inch wide clapboard with a 1 inch overlap has a 5 inch exposure exposure has to be decided before you order because it determines how wide your siding will be how much you will need and how it will look once it s installed.