Siding Over Double Lap Walls

This goes for fiber cement hardwood and masonite siding.

Siding over double lap walls.

Smartside 76 series primed engineered lap siding common. Was the problem that they put new siding over old or that they put new siding over a rotted wall with no drainage plain in between. Double ogee siding was common by 1910. Last year i installed lp lap smart trim shingles and the 4x8 sheets of lp with batts all over 3 of continous xps foam using fern strips.

Covering lap siding with vinyl while covering lap siding with vinyl is an option for some siding other varieties of lap siding can t be covered by vinyl. Generally the best idea is to remove any existing siding from your exterior walls before installing the vinyl siding. The walls should be stripped of all previous siding and the surface should be fairly smooth and flat because lap siding will follow along any contours. Well call me half hazard.

Thinner patterns should be installed over a base of plywood or oriented strand board sheathing. Rustic siding is milled so that the appearance is of greater thickness. Log cabin siding is a half log lookalike. 0 437 in x 12 in x 192 in.

0 375 in x 11 844 in x 191 875 in. Lp siding with fern strips over insulation. Some 3 4 inch thick patterns of siding can be applied directly over wall studs. I ve seen house fires where the vinyl siding burned off only to reveal the superior asbestos shingles underneath which saved the house.

Joints were usually shiplap sometimes tongue and groove.