How To Put Up Siding On A Garage

Again follow the manufacturer s recommendations.

How to put up siding on a garage.

To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. You ll need a zip tool to remove siding. First install the strip around the bottom of the entire building securely so that the sheet metal will slip under it easily.

How to re side the garage step 1. Use the wider starter strip. Install vinyl siding from the foundation up snapping successive pieces into the lip at the top of each piece and nailing the siding to the side of the house. If the result is a whole number you re in.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. We cover how to move doors and windows and create a weather proof exterior. You ll need specialty tools like this zip tool to work with installing vinyl siding. Get professional looking watertight results with these residing techniques.

This is the most important step in the whole project in order to keep rain and snow from seeping under. Remove old siding and. Choose a type of siding. Not just another vinyl siding installation video.

Avoid nailing siding too tightly as. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. You can use various types of wood shingles clapboard planks specialty tongue and. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.

Plywood sheathing provides a sound flat base for lap siding. 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. 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. Measure the length and height of your garage carefully to determine how much material you will need once you.

Slide the zip tool under the butt edge. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. Working with vinyl siding. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck.

Step 3 install the siding.