Novelty Siding Over Sheathing

If your new siding is tongue and groove use galvanized finish nails which will be hidden in the tongue side of each piece and automatically covered by the next section.

Novelty siding over sheathing.

Installing vinyl siding over a brick house whether you install clapboard t1 11 cedar shakes or board and batten siding on your house you can attach it with either nails or screws. 1 x 6 novelty siding 106 16epns 6. Wall sheathing refers to the large panels placed on the exterior of a building s frame. Instead it is edge matched with a shiplap or less often tongue and groove so that it installs flat on wall framing even without sheathing.

T1 11 is structural sheathing and it s fine to install other siding over it. Traditionally wall sheathing panels are made of plywood but newly engineered products on the market have some significant advantages over plywood. Exterior wall sheathing is either structural or non structural. Exterior wall sheathing strengthens the wall system provides a nailing base for the siding and gives a layer of protection against outside elements.

There is no way to detail a housewrap as an effective air barrier over t1 11. Structural exterior wall sheathing ties framing studs together making the walls resistant to twisting and bending. The siding is going over sheathing with tyvek and 1 2 inch cellutex. Tongue and groove novelty types may be blind nailed at the tongue at left.

Thank you for your time. It is over the top of these panels that you place insulation. If this is on the exterior of the house always use galvanized nails because they will not rust. The exposed face can be and has been milled in a large variety of patterns thus its alternate name novelty siding.