Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.
Correct way to start tongue and groove siding.
Start with your first piece.
Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.
Continue cutting and installing panels to cover the wall.
Groove facing the wall tongue facing out.
The tongue side will form the long edge of the panel.
Use the framing gun to add a nail to the tongue of the plank and secure in place.
2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry.
In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.
3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated.
Installing tongue and groove requires more precise nailing as you ll need to hammer the nail right through the planks tongues for secure results.
We used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar.
How to install tongue and groove siding.
Both types of paneling come in a.
Tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically.
Cut the next panel using the measurement of the tongue side of the previous panel as the length of the groove side.
The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed.