Smartside panels not centering on stud
Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:44 am
I'm into the process of siding my 16x80 with Smartside panels. This is a shiplap product that needs to overlap on the center of a stud. For those of you that have installed this, or another shiplap product like T1-11, how did you handle it when a lap didn't fall on a stud?
It turns out my very first panel will end up like this if I start flush to a corner. The studs are 16" OC but the first one from a corner may not occur until 19.5 because the end stud of the adjacent wall. This pushes out the panel end stud from 48" to 51.5" I hope that all made sense.
I see a few options:
1) toe-nail in new studs - this would likely result in me needing to add a stud for each and every panel.
2) Center the panel on the first full course of 16" OC studs and use a short section of panel for the corners.
3) Install 1x2 or 2x2 cleats behind each underlap so that I can nail the overlap securely to it.
I know none of these are ideal conditions but I am in the middle of the process of removing the metal siding and hate to leave my home exposed to any weather. Luckily no rain is forecast for the next few weeks and I have the week of the 4th off to work on this project.
Thanks to any and all that can help.
It turns out my very first panel will end up like this if I start flush to a corner. The studs are 16" OC but the first one from a corner may not occur until 19.5 because the end stud of the adjacent wall. This pushes out the panel end stud from 48" to 51.5" I hope that all made sense.
I see a few options:
1) toe-nail in new studs - this would likely result in me needing to add a stud for each and every panel.
2) Center the panel on the first full course of 16" OC studs and use a short section of panel for the corners.
3) Install 1x2 or 2x2 cleats behind each underlap so that I can nail the overlap securely to it.
I know none of these are ideal conditions but I am in the middle of the process of removing the metal siding and hate to leave my home exposed to any weather. Luckily no rain is forecast for the next few weeks and I have the week of the 4th off to work on this project.
Thanks to any and all that can help.