In the next couple hours I have to finish siding my house (and return the scaffolding) and I have a finish detail I don’t know how to do. It is a two story house and I’m on the gable end. We’re siding with an OSB type siding (3/8″ thick). On the first two stories I’ve used 8″ boards with an average 6 1/2″ exposure. On the eave sides there is a 3″ frieze (also OSB material, 1″ thick) which I’d like to continue around the front separating the gable portion of the wall. From this point up, I want to use a 6″ board with a 5″ exposure. I want to do this as a design feature to add some interest to the wall. I had planned in dadoing the underside of the frieze to accept the top of the last 8″ board course (as I had done already on the eave side but I don’t know how to detail the top so that the bottom of the first 6″ course sits properly on the frieze so as to avoid any water penetration. Do I dado the top outside of the frieze for the siding to sit on or do I use a drip edge like I’ve used over the windows, or do I do something else?
If you have an idea, please post an answer soon as I have to get this stuff up this morning! Thanks!
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Not sure you you detailed the top of the windows in terms of just drip edge or a drip cap with flashing...but I'd mimic the window treatment.
You could dado the freize and caulk it well, but I would go with the drip cap. Es pecially since the gable end is typially more exposed to the weather, unless there is a large overhang.
With the hope that I`m understanding you properly.....drip cap atop frieze.
Quick sketch attached.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Is that a metal drip edge or solid wood? I'd used metal for the windows.
I typically use wood....quite often capped with metal.
Personal preference I guess.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
don't dado the top edge of any board. turns into a water catcher.
a metal cap over something like this is preferable.
OSB siding ? do they still make that stuff ? what is it ? I thought with all of the class-action suits over the years that it was a goner.
carpenter in transition
Thanks to you guys for the advice. I took a piece of the 1" by 3 1/2" trim and put a dado on the top but with a angle to the "horizontal" edge to prevent it from becoming a "water catcher". And of course I gave it a good coat of primer.
This is a Louisana Pacific product called SmartStep. To me it seems like an OSB or chipboard type construction but I don't know for sure what it is. I inherited it when I bought our half finished house with materials the previous owner had purchased. Was easy to work with but living out in the rural interface in Western Montana, I would go with a cement board product for fire safty.
Again, thanks to all for your prompt response.
Walt