Installing cedar nickel-gap siding with Jake Bruton.

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Cladding choices aren’t as simple as which product. Those choices also involve which install method, which install products, and a whole host of other items. Check out the install process, products, and choices involved in this nickel gap cedar siding with Jake Bruton.

[@SubaruAficionado]

Thanks for the clear and concise explanation! A couple questions: (1) What the approx price is for clear-heart, quarter or rift-sawn, cedar? Is there a way to get that aesthetic at a more reasonable cost? (2) What finish is used to protect it? What's the expected maintenance? (3) What about nesting insects in the nickel-gap?

[@jamisonluther660]

Great vid and attention to detail. Was hoping to see how you hid the exposed nail head.

[@eh_bailey]

Jake, these are great details! Great tips! Love your attention to detail!

[@ranerg318]

How do you protect the cedar from UV while maintaining the natural beauty?

[@jonhenning7138]

Why is it not important to nail into studs for the vertical siding? Thanks! Looks amazing!

[@dominickcally2735]

I had the same question

[@dominickcally2735]

Need an answer ha

[@pcskier3611]

Me three. Did they put blocking inside between studs?

[@ericpedersen2427]

Exact same question, would be nice if it was answered. I can't find any simple and great system to resolve the necessity for the rink shank nails to penetrate solid wood by a minimum of 1 1/4. Does anyone have a good system for achieving this?

[@JosephHuether]

Agreed. 1.5" nail penetration is in the building code....although perhaps there is an engineered solution that they were able to employ to get around the prescriptive requirement. I haven't seen direct nailing into sheathing as an option in any manufacturer's literature.

[@jmklamm]

Great content- keep it coming!

[@dothetontim]

Showing the horizontal furring strips allowing the vertical application would have been informative. It's alluded to in the whole rain-screen discussion but it's really not clear. The Slicker Max doesn't magically allow you to apply vertical siding which is what is basically said. I assume the idea at 2:20 or so is the Slicker Max allows for the drainage even if you use horizontal furring strips. It has NOTHING to do with nail patterns/fasteners showing etc.

[@bobwhelk2117]

How far apart are the nails vertically?

[@saltwaterpurl]

This skipped around and was a little confusing.

[@-abigail]

First!

[@setdown2]

Sorry but those nails look so bad 🤮 on that beautiful cedar...why would you not blind nail it...🙈

[@apache2]

Yeah no kidding, why not nail diagonally through the tongue like intended, lol

[@saltwaterpurl]

Unfortunately the nickel gap combined with the T&G profile makes the nails a whole circus. A wider gap would have allowed nails in the gap. Even better would have been a half lap profile which is better for nailing and rot resistance and water movement.