Traditional-Looking Clapboard Siding
Boral TruExterior Siding & Trim will stand up to the weather without moisture concerns.
Boral TruExterior bevel siding looks really sharp. The lines are crisp and blind nailing makes for a clean appearance. Other than blind nailing, it is installed just like wood clapboards. Chalk lines are snapped every four inches and boards are cut tight to fit.
Because Boral is more brittle than cedar clapboards, one trick we’ve learned so that you don’t have to carry a full-length piece alone is that you can lightly score it with a utility knife just past the length needed and snap it very easily. It only takes a second to do and makes transporting it to the saw easier for the finished cut.
As a manufactured siding there are no split ends to cut off and no knots to cut around so there is very little Boral waste. The cut-off from a finisher becomes the next starter.
The siding is blind nailed except at the end of each piece where an additional face nail is required. I have not noticed the siding puckering at all from the force of the nail being driven in by the gun, something I was originally concerned about before we started.
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Why is there no gap between the siding and zip sheathing?