Continue cutting and installing panels to cover the wall.
Correct way to start tongue and groove siding.
3 tongue and groove isn t always flat so you have to force the boards together to get them seated.
In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.
Start with your first piece.
How to install tongue and groove siding.
Use the framing gun to add a nail to the tongue of the plank and secure in place.
1 you re usually working over your head.
For the next piece you will connect the groove of the new piece into the tongue of the first piece.
Cut the next panel using the measurement of the tongue side of the previous panel as the length of the groove side.
Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue.
2 you have to seat the tongues and grooves together and they don t always want to marry.
Tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically.
Install the panel with one end at the bottom corner of the wall tongue side up leaving a 1 8 inch gap at the floor.
Both types of paneling come in a.
The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed.
Installing tongue and groove walls can be a real workout.
Groove facing the wall tongue facing out.