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Install Final Trim & Clean Up

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Installing Cedar Siding Is Easier Than you Think

What happens here

Install the final trim pieces around all exposed edges, corners, and transitions of the siding. This includes the soffit and fascia, which are painted black to integrate with the roof. For wider spans, such as above large windows (e.g., an 8-inch gap), consider using wider, custom-cut boards or multiple boards to create a seamless and clean look, rather than multiple narrow strips. These trim pieces are designed to conceal all exposed siding ends, nail holes, and provide a polished, weatherproof finish. Once all trim is installed, thoroughly clean the construction site, removing all debris and sawdust.

Goal: Complete the aesthetic and weatherproof elements of the siding installation.

Tools and materials

  • 15-Gauge DA Nailer Ryobi — Fastening trim pieces
  • Exterior-Grade DA Nails — Securing trim pieces
  • Ladders — Accessing higher sections for trim installation
  • Miter Saw Ryobi — Cutting trim pieces to precise lengths and angles
  • Paint — Painting soffits and fascia to match the roof
  • Table Saw — Ripping wider boards for custom trim sizes
  • Trim Pieces — Finishing exposed edges, corners, and transitions of the siding

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[Music] beautiful. The last official piece of sighting is in. Now, ladies and gentlemen, we're moving on. That was a little too aggressive. trim. All right, so the transition pieces are going to go really simple. Uh they're basically just to conceal all the exposed sections of the siding. Uh and let me show you. Let's get this damn ladder out of the way. So because we have gaps, right, everywhere. And that kind of comes with the territory. You want a little bit of wood expansion. You want a little bit of easier way to install. So we just ripped some of the remaining pieces of cedar into inch and a half material. That includes this part. We're going to do the same thing on the set material. Once all of that's done, we're then going to start moving towards the trim part. And that part's going to go relatively as simple, I think. But, uh, these triangles are going to be pain in the ass. I just carried a damn ladder. I'm already winded. I need to get back in the gym. [Music] Just our luck. We're getting rained out here, but uh we're attempting to keep the lumber dry so we could actually have time to seal it. Uh but here's the transitions that we're doing. We added a 1x3 down below. Even though we had a nice crisp cut, we wanted to conceal all the nail holes that are on the ends. And I think this creates a perfect barrier. Next thing we're doing is just classical trim on the sides here. Sandwich this together. put some uh DA nails right to join the previous uh board that's trim on the side. Same thing on the side. Modest uh header. Nothing to brag home about. But let me show you the front door. The front door looks killer. I am crazy about how this light fixture matches the roof with all the natural cedar tones in here. This looks so I want to say contemporary, but also it's warm. So, I don't I don't know. I don't know the design lingo. If you know, let me know. But look how clean these cuts Ben just knocked out. That's freaking phenomenal. But let me also wrap up the front to you or the front of the building. We got all of our filler pieces on both left and right hand side of the set all in. Cleaned everything up nicely. Now our only problem is we can't we can use a traditional 3 and 1/2 in trim on the sides here. But this span is about 8 in and it doesn't make sense to have two 4 in in there or rip them even smaller. So because we're running out of lumber already and I got to get another hole tomorrow. Uh I think I'm going to see if they can have 8in wide…

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