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SECTION 7 — Installing Horizontal Siding
Top Ten Tips for Installing Vinyl Siding ....................... 70
Cutting Panels ..........................................................71
Overlapping Panels ...................................................71
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Installation System for 12' Panels ........72
STUDfinder
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Installation System
for Oversized Panels ............................................. 73
Preparing Wall Surfaces ............................................ 74
Completion ............................................................... 78
Shutter Installation ....................................................79
SECTION 8 — Installing Vertical Siding
(including Board & Batten)
Preparing Wall Surfaces ............................................ 80
Cornerposts .............................................................81
Top and Bottom J-Channel ....................................... 81
J-Channel at Gable Ends .......................................... 82
Wall Panels ...............................................................83
Gable End Panels .....................................................84
SECTION 9 — Porch Ceilings, Soffit, Fascia
Requirements for Proper Soffit Ventilation .................85
Porch Ceilings ..........................................................86
Soffit ......................................................................... 88
Triple 3-1/3 Solid and InvisiVent Soffit
and Perimeter Soffit ..............................................91
Vinyl Fascia...............................................................92
SECTION 10 — Installing Specific
CertainTeed Products
Cedar Impressions Shingles and Shakes ..................94
D7 Straight Edge Perfection Shingles .......................95
T5 Straight Edge Perfection Shingles ....................... 97
D9 Staggered Rough-Split Shakes ........................100
D7 Straight Edge Rough-Split Shakes ....................102
D7 Staggered Perfection Shingles ..........................104
Cornice Cap with Cedar Impressions
Mitered Cornerpost ............................................106
Cedar Impressions Inside Cornerpost .....................108
Cedar Impressions Bay Window Cornerposts .........109
Half-Round Shingles ............................................... 110
Half-Round Shingles in Gable Ends ........................113
Cedar Impressions on a Steep Rake .......................116
Cedar Impressions on Non-vertical Walls ................116
Starting Cedar Impressions with Lineals
over Horizontal Siding ......................................... 117
Starting Cedar Impressions
over Horizontal Siding ......................................... 118
Application of Half-Round Shingle under Soffit ........ 119
Special Effects with Cedar Impressions ..................120
Replacing a Damaged Cedar Impressions
Panel with the Repair Kit .....................................121
Replacing a Damaged Cedar Impressions Panel ....124
Northwoods S7" and S9" Shakes ..........................125
CedarBoards Insulated Siding ................................127
Band Board ............................................................133
SECTION 11 — Special Situations
Trimming Curved Openings ....................................135
Frieze Board ...........................................................136
Decorative Sunbursts .............................................136
SECTION 12 — Repair
Replacing a Damaged Siding Panel ........................139
Replacing a Damaged Outside Cornerpost .............139
Repairing Buckled Siding at the Joist ...................... 140
SECTION 13 — Miscellaneous
Cleaning Vinyl Siding ..............................................141
Siding Over Asbestos .............................................142
Historic Restoration ................................................142
Lead Renovations ...................................................143
For More Information ..............................................143
Index ......................................................................144
Glossary .................................................................146
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