Attach Hardboard Siding To Metal Post

Learn how an experienced framing crew applies 36 5v siding to the exterior of a pole barn.

Attach hardboard siding to metal post. I wouldn t apply it over metal siding with or without furring strips. A hardboard siding is an engineered product that offers many different benefits. Some of the specific designs of these hardboard sidings are even made to appear like the traditional board and batten style sidings. To attach 2 by 6 boards vertically bend the tabs on the top for a top rail the bottom for a bottom rail and the center for a center rail.

If there are any windows or doors nail j channel around the edges of those as well. Drilling the guide holes is done to slide the bolts on the wood into the metal frame. Drill guide holes to slide the bolts through the wood into the steel frame. Bolts should be completely threaded.

Hardi board is some brittle stuff and will break if you look at it wrong if not applied over a solid backing material. Bolt the piece of wood to the steel frame by pre cutting holes into the frame so the bolts can fit through. Use bolts made specifically for screwing into steel or metal if attaching wood flush onto a steel frame. For a vertical attachment bend the top middle and bottom tabs out.

Place a pair of pliers on the metal tab and bend it straight out at a 90 degree angle to the post. Ledger over steel corrugated siding although this vertical corrugated steel siding is not tin foil it sounds like my original plan to use spacers 1 x 6 x 6 treated wood or composite pieces between the 3 4 ribs that will allow the ledger to extend out past the ribs by about 1 4 is the way to proceed. We recommend a 4 x 4 wood beam or a steel or aluminum metal pole designed specifically for this purpose. Bolt the wood to the metal frame by pre cutting holes so the bolts fit through.

You can use bolts that are made specifically to screw wood to metal or steel if you re attaching a wood flush. To install vertical metal siding start by applying horizontal furring strips and sheathing to the surface you re working on if it s uneven. You can either mount it in the ground with concrete or to large moval anchor. If your going to use hardi board take off the metal siding and install osb or plywood first.