Here's a link to the last installment: Soffits and Trim
Putting up the siding was pretty easy compared to all the prep work with corners, trim, and installing the starter strips, J-channels, and under sill receivers. I started on the back which was a plain wall except for the gable window. After I got even with the eaves I had to build some scaffolding. Not what you see here, much higher.
I pre marked all the studs on the house wrap so I knew where to nail. I used 1-1/2" galvanized roofing nails to nail on the siding. I left a 1/4" for expansion where the siding met the corners and J-channels. When the siding was done and the scaffolding still up I installed the aluminum trim on the rake boards.
Moving around the building:
The door trim goes right up under the soffits. This eliminated trying to install a really narrow piece of siding up there. As you can see the last piece of siding had to be cut to fit into the under sill receiver.
That's pretty simple, just measure and cut. But then you have to use this little punch tool to put create locking tabs on the top edge of the siding so it can't slip out of the under sill receiver. The tool I bought created those tabs too far down from the top edge of the siding, so I just visually eye balled where they had to go. If I had to install miles of siding I would have spent a little time modifying the tool.
Anyway, when you slide the top edge of the siding up under the trim you can hear and feel it click into place. It's a bit of juggling act to make sure both the bottom and top edges of the siding are engaged properly and simultaneously but it's not all that hard.
You also can see how the siding fits behind the door and window trim I made. I really like the clean look with no J-channel.
I used vinyl gutters from Home Depot. The gutters and downspouts are really cheap, but by the time you add in all the hangers and fittings it isn't so cheap anymore. It was $200 to do the two 21 ft gutters on the shed. I decided on vinyl rather than continuous aluminum because the 10 ft sections were easily transported and they won't dent like aluminum does. Installing them couldn't get much easier as the parts snap together and self seal (or so they claim). Once you have your line snapped on the fascia you just screw the gutter sections to that line and snap on the connectors. Testing after the first side was installed showed the connections were indeed leak free.
Somehow I bought one too few pieces of aluminum fascia trim so I have to get and install that before I can put up the gutter on the other side of the shed but, other than that, it's done except for the doors. And those will be next.
Thanks for following along.
John
Putting up the siding was pretty easy compared to all the prep work with corners, trim, and installing the starter strips, J-channels, and under sill receivers. I started on the back which was a plain wall except for the gable window. After I got even with the eaves I had to build some scaffolding. Not what you see here, much higher.
I pre marked all the studs on the house wrap so I knew where to nail. I used 1-1/2" galvanized roofing nails to nail on the siding. I left a 1/4" for expansion where the siding met the corners and J-channels. When the siding was done and the scaffolding still up I installed the aluminum trim on the rake boards.
Moving around the building:
The door trim goes right up under the soffits. This eliminated trying to install a really narrow piece of siding up there. As you can see the last piece of siding had to be cut to fit into the under sill receiver.
That's pretty simple, just measure and cut. But then you have to use this little punch tool to put create locking tabs on the top edge of the siding so it can't slip out of the under sill receiver. The tool I bought created those tabs too far down from the top edge of the siding, so I just visually eye balled where they had to go. If I had to install miles of siding I would have spent a little time modifying the tool.
Anyway, when you slide the top edge of the siding up under the trim you can hear and feel it click into place. It's a bit of juggling act to make sure both the bottom and top edges of the siding are engaged properly and simultaneously but it's not all that hard.
You also can see how the siding fits behind the door and window trim I made. I really like the clean look with no J-channel.
I used vinyl gutters from Home Depot. The gutters and downspouts are really cheap, but by the time you add in all the hangers and fittings it isn't so cheap anymore. It was $200 to do the two 21 ft gutters on the shed. I decided on vinyl rather than continuous aluminum because the 10 ft sections were easily transported and they won't dent like aluminum does. Installing them couldn't get much easier as the parts snap together and self seal (or so they claim). Once you have your line snapped on the fascia you just screw the gutter sections to that line and snap on the connectors. Testing after the first side was installed showed the connections were indeed leak free.
Somehow I bought one too few pieces of aluminum fascia trim so I have to get and install that before I can put up the gutter on the other side of the shed but, other than that, it's done except for the doors. And those will be next.
Thanks for following along.
John