Sidewall Shingles

Installing Cedar Shingles
Cedar shingles are the most labor-intensive siding choice; builder Andy Engel shares his tips and techniques for a trouble-free installation.
Sidewall Shingles With a Flare
A slight curve adds charm, and also a bit of complexity, to the process of siding with cedar shingles.
Shingle-Replacement Tool
A laminate-flooring bar fits under replacement shingles in places where a hammer won't reach.
How to Make an Anchor Shingle Design
Making a template and collating the shingles together on your benchtop is a lot easier than working out the woven shingle design up on the wall.
Weaving a Vine Design into Sidewall Shingles
An eye-catching cedar shingle design may look complicated, but it's easy once you know how.
Repairing Damaged Siding: A Quick Fix for Vinyl Siding
Builder Mike Guertin explains how to make and install a temporary patch for damaged vinyl siding.
Factory Tour: From Raw Logs to Finished Siding
Inside these Pacific Northwest lumber mills, modern equipment and century-old saws share the spotlight
Keep Siding Straight With a Story Pole
A simple layout tool aligns siding with window and door trim, and helps you to finish where you started.
Fixing Woodpecker-Pecked Shingles
Woodpeckers made some awful 1/2-in.-dia. holes in my red-cedar sidewall shingles. After replacing more shingles than I care to admit, I came up with an easy, effective solution. I simply…
Accurate sidewall-shingle fasteners
Production-minded installers using pneumatic tools aren’t always cautious about where they drive the nails or staples that fasten cedar shingles to a wall. I was asked to strip and reshingle…

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