How To Install Strapping For Siding

Kaycan gives you 6 tips to help you prepare your home to be sided with vinyl siding.

How to install strapping for siding.

That s a valid concern you have and yes you should have some sort of protection that allows water to flow out the bottom and air to flow up so humidity can escape at the top. The sheets cover 3 foot so it goes up pretty fast. In this video i show how easy it can be. Secure the screws but do not overtighten.

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. Place the first screw about 7 inches from the bottom and each subsequent screw about 18 to 24 inches apart along the vertical run. I guess it depends on your climate whether the drying to the exterior through the siding is sufficient. Install the roofing screws vertically along each rib in the panel.

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. Hold the swing stick near the window casing. We would later be installing vertical strapping 16 oc so we didn t go overboard with the roofers and tins. The washer under the screw head should seal to the surface of the panel without bulging or shifting.

On the outside corners we strapped with 8 wide rips of 3 4 plywood to give good nailing for the 6 vinyl corner boards. Siding needs vertical strapping to create an air space to allow moisture to escape and water to drain read more here how to install siding so walls can dry. Have you wondered how to install steel siding on a pole barn. While sloping the horizontal strapping or cutting drainage notches might deal with any intrusion of bulk water that gets past the siding it doesn t allow any ventilation of the space.

Align one mark with the top of the head casing.