Installing Panel Siding – How to Install Siding. DIY Advice

Intro

Plywood panel or sheet siding offers one of the quickest and least expensive ways to cover a wall. These products have gotten a bad reputation in recent years due to reports of panels that buckle, delaminate, or come loose from the wall. But if you choose the panels and fasteners carefully and follow correct installation procedures, plywood panels can last a long time.

Cement-fiber panels are somewhat more water-repellent than plywood but should be installed with the same care as plywood. Hardboard panels are often the least expensive option, but they are easily damaged and soak up moisture like a proverbial sponge if not kept well covered with paint at all points.

Panels are typically available in 8- and 12-foot lengths. Longer panels may enable you to minimize the number of horizontal joints between panels.

Prestart Checklist

Time Working with a helper, about a day to install 1200 square feet

Tools Nail gun or hammer, circular saw, jigsaw, tape measure, story pole, chalk line, drill, flat pry bar, level, caulking gun, utility knife, tin snips, staple gun

Skills Measuring, laying out a job, driving nails, cutting with a power saw

Prep Cover the sheathing with building wrap and install trim boards and flashings.

Materials Siding panels, strips of felt, staples, board and flashing for the water table, stainless-steel or galvanized siding nails, primer or sealer

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