Correct Way To Start Tongue And Groove Siding

Tongue groove installation tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically.

Correct way to start tongue and groove siding.

Start with your first piece. One of the cool things about tongue and groove walls is that you can use a technique called blind nailing if you do it properly you won t have any nail heads showing or holes to fill. Start with the bottom row first and work your way up. The next grooved edge will hide the nail holes.

Nail at an angle directly through the tongue and into your studs. You don t need to nail through the face of the planks anywhere but on the bottom row and near the ceiling. Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding. In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.

Groove facing the wall tongue facing out. Pry out the old. To install tongue and groove paneling vertically begin by nailing 1 by 3 furring strips horizontally either directly to the wall studs on a new wall or over the drywall on a finished wall. Gather your new lumber.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series. The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom. Figure out how much lumber you need. The nail can be started with a normal carpenter s hammer and then made flush with the surface of the groove by means of a nail set.

If the siding is up to 6 inches wide it can be nailed with one siding nail per bearing but siding any wider should use two nails per bearing. The paneling will be nailed directly to these furring strips. Drive the nails through the shoulder of the tongues into the framing at about a 45 degree angle. For the next piece you will connect the groove of the new piece into the tongue of the first piece.

On the side of the building the roof angle was three pitch so we knew we had to cut our tongue and groove cedar boards at a 15 degree angle. Nail up the first panel at a corner of the room with the tongue side facing out. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Start by taking a sharp eye to the entirety of your home s perimeter looking.

Use the framing gun to add a nail to the tongue of the plank and secure in place. Installing tongue and groove requires more precise nailing as you ll need to hammer the nail right through the planks tongues for secure results. Both types of paneling come in a variety of. Install planks with the tongue up.

For the best look alternate your seams moving from left to right and then right to left can help with this.