Installation Guide

QUICK TIPS
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All installers should learn and follow “best practices” in order to deliver a better job for their customer and reduce
callbacks.
DO:
• Follow local and national building codes.
• Follow WRCLA installation instructions.
• Purchase from WRCLA members, distributors and retailers.
• Use construction techniques to create easy drainage planes to shed water accumulations.
• Finish Western Red Cedar ASAP! Factory nish or apply coatings prior to installation if possible. Always touch
up eld cuts.
• ‘Acclimatize’ Western Red Cedar siding before you install it.
• Use the correct fasteners: 304 or 316 grade stainless steel, aluminum, or hot dipped galvanized
(as per ASTM A-153).
• Nail all Western Red Cedar siding into 1¼” of solid wood.
• Ensure butt joints are made over solid wood to provide secure nailing. Join two pieces of siding with a
mitered butt joint.
• Visit: RealCedar.com or call 866 778 9096 for more information.
DO NOT:
• Allow Western Red Cedar to ‘Weather’ before applying a nish coating to the Cedar.
• Use electroplated or mechanical galvanized fasteners that do not conform to ASTM A-153.
• Install Western Red Cedar siding without acclimatizing.
• Fasten Western Red Cedar siding only to the sheathing material.
• Nail through two layers of siding.
• Fail to nish the end cuts during installation.
• Attempt to ‘blind nail’ bevel siding/clapboards.
• Install or paint over wet siding.
• Use caulking sealant as a substitute for ashing.
• Place siding in direct contact with concrete, masonry, top soil, mulch, patios, porches and/or roofs.
SECTION III SIDING INSTALLATION QUICK TIPS