How To Attach Tongue And Groove Siding

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.

How to attach tongue and groove siding.

Secure sections with a nail on the tongue and simply slide in the next cut when you need one. You don t need to nail through the face of the planks anywhere but on the bottom row and near the ceiling. The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom. Start with the bottom row first and work your way up.

Avoid visible nail holes. Butt edges together in the same row and slide the groove of the. Drive the nails through the shoulder of the tongues into the framing at about a 45 degree angle. Hang each board of the first and every successive row always ensuring the board is the proper length or height before attaching.

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. Install planks with the tongue up. The next grooved edge will hide the nail holes. Nail at an angle directly through the tongue and into your studs.

Tongue groove installation tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically. Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed. If it doesn t line up to the stud rafters the end matching ensures that you won t have any problems.

How to install tongue and groove siding we used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar. In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards. Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding.