Attaching Metal Siding To Stud Wall

If you have a metal garage or a pole barn style utility building that you would like to hang items on don t worry.

Attaching metal siding to stud wall.

Most studs are 16 inches apart so once you find one the others are easy to locate. Ensure substrate and cladding connections are compliant with the cladding manufacturer s installation instructions and the applicable building code. All we use is parquet glue or pl on the back of the casing and nails until the glue dries. A 2 nominal lumber thickness provides the maximum pullout values for both screws and nails when the fasteners penetrate a minimum of 1 into the wood.

Then bend one flange up clear of the snips jaws and cut across the stud s web. Determine the cladding system weight. Add the weight of all materials on the exterior side of the foam sheathing see a and b in figure 1. Solid an electronic stud finder lightly across the wall until you see a light or hear a sound that indicates a metal stud behind the drywall.

Hanging items on a metal structure is similar to hanging items on drywall wood or plaster. The major difference is that bolts take the place of nails. Locate and mark the studs on the wall using a stud finder. Base line accessory which secures the first course of siding to the wall.

All studding is with metal studs. For easier electrical and plumbing installations later on keep all the keyhole knockouts aligned by cutting all steel studs to length from the same end. Used with horizontal and vertical siding. Mark edges of the stud on the wall with a pencil then.

To install vertical metal siding start by applying horizontal furring strips and sheathing to the surface you re working on if it s uneven. Then install the corner posts that came with your siding and nail j channel along the top and bottom of the wall. Cut the metal studs and tracks. J channel used for receiving siding on all sides of windows and doors at rake edges of gables and in other miscellaneous situations.

2 measure and cut the baseboards using a miter saw. If there are any windows or doors nail j channel around the edges of those as well. Deeper j channels are for insulated siding and narrower. It isn t all that difficult.