Table of Contents
Adding True North Shingles or Shakes to a New Exterior Wall
- Fastener Guidelines
- Single Course Installation
- Double Course Installation
- Corners
Design and Application Instructions
- Staggered Butt Coursing
- Ribbon Coursing
Professor Shingle’s Installation Instructions for Walls
Let’s face it, who doesn’t love a wall? Especially when that wall is covered with True North Cedar Northern White Cedar Shingles and Shakes, the ultimate environmentally friendly, zero - maintenance siding and roofing products. True North Shakes and Shingles provide such beauty, texture, durability, and improved insulation value!
One of the best attributes of True North Northern White Cedar Shingles, either for replacing the previous siding or installing over the existing siding, is that beautiful walls can be easily accomplished even by an amateur carpenter!
There are, of course, different procedures for applying True North Cedar shingles and shakes on walls than what would be used on roofs. The major difference between roof application and wall application, is due to permissible exposures, which is a term carpenters use to let us know that on walls a greater exposure of the shingle or shake is allowable than what is recommended for roofs. In other words, a given area of wall will require less shingles than the same area of roof. Think of it like hairs on your head vs. hairs on your arm. The hairs on your head are more dense then those of your arms because they serve very different purposes!
This information is not intended to override any state or local building codes and anyone performing installation of True North Cedar shingles should always check with local building authorities for specific requirements.
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