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Install Siding on A-Frame Gable Ends

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Installing Cedar Siding Is Easier Than you Think

What happens here

Proceed with installing the cedar siding on the large A-frame gable ends of the cabin. This part of the project involves numerous angled cuts to precisely match the roof pitch and the angles of the windows. While the general siding installation technique (tongue-nailing) remains the same, the complexity of the cuts requires extra care and precision. It is crucial to maintain a consistent level for the top tier across the entire gable, even with varying angles, to avoid a 'stepping' or uneven appearance. Additionally, this step includes installing the soffits on the gable ends. These soffits, along with any fascia, are painted black to provide a sleek, disguised finish that complements the existing roof and protects exposed structural elements like the glulam beam from moisture. All electrical boxes and vents are installed with sufficient slack in their wiring or mounting, allowing them to be pulled back during siding installation. This enables clean, precise cuts in the siding to be made around them, resulting in a flush and finished look.

Goal: Clad the angled gable ends of the A-frame house, ensuring precise fit and weatherproofing.

Tools and materials

  • 15-Gauge DA Nailer Ryobi — Fastening the cedar siding boards
  • Cedar Tongue and Groove Siding — Exterior cladding for the A-frame gable ends
  • Electrical Boxes — Housing external electrical connections
  • Exterior-Grade DA Nails — Securing the cedar siding
  • Ladders — Accessing higher sections of the gable ends
  • Miter Saw Ryobi — Making precise angled cuts for the gable siding and window frames
  • Paint — Painting soffits and fascia to match the roof and disguise structural elements
  • Vents — Providing external ventilation points

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Making a lot of progress. We got the kitchen bumpout all fixed up. The way kind of teeters to the top. That's where it gets tricky. It's hard to get the nailer in there, but we started wrapping our way around the house here. Got the backside done. My favorite part is Ben came up with a cool way to wrap that beam. Remember that big glue lamp beam that we had, the ridge beam? Well, it was completely exposed. So, he's able to use soft material to bump it out. And the cool thing about it is once all this soft or fascia is painted black, that's going to get painted black and it's going to be disguised so perfectly, but most importantly, keep the moisture from getting absorbed into that freaking beam. And then we'll go. And then for all the like electrical boxes and all the vents, all these vents when you unscrew them, they have some slack that they're able to be pulled back. They have that uh insulated foam material on top of it. So you can pull them back, create your cuts, and put them on top so it looks nice and flush. However, with the electrical panel, you can't just take that sucker off. The wires are all running through it. So we got it as tight to it as possible, and then we just did a simple box line out of it. And I think it came out pretty great. Um pretty pretty happy with it. The sophets are also done on this side, which is good. They're looking it's looking real pretty. We do have to now start moving to the very front of the building where we have all the crazy triangles. [Music] we could get. So, an issue that we're running into is we got it level down below, but because it breaks up into about uh it's it's not lining up on top, basically. Long story. So, we're trying to figure out a good solution to it. make sure it gets to a tier that that's level as well cuz then we need to continue that same tier. You don't want it to be stepping up and not sitting in the tongue and groove of that cedar. Uh hopefully we can figure out a solution, but then again, we're going to have to experience that at the very top. This is funky, man. I I This is absolutely funky. You get things leveled and but it's it still screws you over [Music] somehow. We're trucking along. We have one small section left up there, but we ran out of flashing tape to get around the perimeter of that window. Um, but I don't want to skip any corners on that. So, tomorrow we're going to pick up a new roll. In the meantime, not to waste any more daylight. We got a couple more hours left.…

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