How to Hang Clapboard Siding

Supplies You Will Need

Tools You Will Need

• Speed Square,
  for marking story pole and swing stick
• Chalk line.
  for premarking courses and for finding and marking plumb lines at stud locations
• Utility knife,
  for notching clapboard and cutting felt, flashing, and waterproofing membrane
• Hammer tacker and staples,
  for attaching builder's felt to sheathing alternative: staple gun
• Tape measure
• Caulk gun with paintable, synthetic-rubber sealant,
  for sealing ends of clapboard at casings, frieze, and corner boards
• Ladder or scaffolding,
  for reaching high spots
• Miter saw,
  for cutting clapboards to length
• Hammer
• Table saw,
  for ripping down the starter strip