"Robert11" wrote in message
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Hello:

Just curious:

When horizontal clapboards are installed, are they nailed (only) to the
studs ?

Or, to the studs, and between also ?

How do they know where the studs are if they are covered by the clapboards
immediately prior to the nailing ?

I have never seen them nailed to anything but the studs. Because of the way
the siding ovelaps you have two nails in each board, one at the top and one
at the bottom.

If just covered with felt, you can see or feel the studs. If covered with
OSB or insulation board you just follow the prior nailing pattern.

So if you are builing from scratch you now know how important it is to leave
yourself a marker for the stud locations.


Colbyt