Aloha Bob, Will you explain a bit about the way you hang this Dutch Lap siding? I did a google search and the results are below, but I just can't understand how this is done. Maybe I need another cup of coffee, grin, Betsy
a method of laying shingles, slates, or the like, in which each shingle or slate overlaps those below and to one side and is itself overlapped by those above and to the other side. At 05:26 AM 4/25/2009, you wrote: >Yesterday I did some work on my deck. The first actual work on it >this year. I hung 2 sheets of plywood on the west wall. I had >trouble getting the first sheet out of the stack. Oh man, I hope >this isn't any indication of how things will go. I just could not >believe how heavy it was. >I did manage to get it up into place and nailed down. I took a break >before the second sheet. That one went much better. I picked it up, >carried it over and pushed it up into place. All these sheets stand >on end with the bottom level about five and a half feet above standing level. >Today I will put two more up to loosen the muscles and than all hell >will go on Monday if I am up for it. I will need to erect my >scaffold to do the sides and back since those walls only get closed >in on the second floor level with the bottom completely open. The >end sheets will be around seven foot off the ground and the back >about nine foot up. Three quarters insulation over that and dutchlap >siding on top. >....................bob > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
