Furring Strip Beveled Wood Siding

Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication.

Furring strip beveled wood siding.

Place nail just above the overlap. Establish an air space perfect for masonry insulation and cedar shingle projects. Tack or hold the storey pole against the façade using your horizontal reference. If the wood siding is beveled or lapped you will need vertical furring strips 16 inches apart covered with rigid foam board to provide a flat surface.

Furring strips can be 1 by 2 inch or. In most cases furring strips are 1 x 2 or 1 x 3 in size and can be applied both horizontally or vertically. Furring strips for use behind sheet siding. Metal furring strips come in two different styles.

Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 4 inch penetration into solid wood using one nail per piece spaced at a maximum of 24 inches on center. Every piece of 1 in. This is called a storey pole 2. Easy fur s unique design allows for the fastest installation of any furring strip on the market because it can be rolled on to the wall and easily cut to length.

If you re unfamiliar with what a furring strip is it s best described as a long slender strip that s constructed from either wood or metal. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces. 3 8 inch thick x 1 1 2 inch wide polypropylene furring strips attached vertically over air moisture barrier at face of each supporting stud to create capillary break between face of air moisture barrier and back of siding equal to cor a vent sturdi strips with sv 3 siding vent continuous at top and bottom by cor a vent inc. A rollable furring strip easy fur is an entangled polymer net furring strip that creates a cutting edge rainscreen and venting system behind wood and fiber cement siding.

Then make a long square 1 x 2 furring strip tall enough to run from the lowest course of clapboards to the frieze or roofline.