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| PANEL INSTALLATION GUIDE
TOC > BEFORE YOU START >
WALL PANELS > DRILL/PRE-NAIL
How to Work with Wall Panels Drill & pre-nail your panels! Choose the correct nails, pre-drill holes, then drive nails in 8" on center along the ends of your panels and wherever your panels cross a timber. Important: If you pre-drill 3/16" diameter holes for your nails it will make driving them through the OSB much easier! Keep your nails about 1-1/2" to 2" in from the edges of your panels. Pre-nail by driving the nails through the outside OSB and foam, and stop just shy of the inside OSB or drywall (if you’re using curtainwall panels). See Figure 10b.
Lift your wall panel up onto the 2" x 12" pressure-treated ledge (see Figure 3), situate the panel where it belongs, and leave the 1/4" gap at the edge of the corner post. Tilt the panel up on a corner, and put a bead of expanding foam sealer along the bottom edge to seal with the pressure-treated ledge. Lower the panel to its final position and drive in your nails. Wherever your panels cross a structural member of your frame - for example a second floor carrier, use additional nails 8" on center. Important: Measure, use a chalk line, and be very careful that your nails enter your timberframe in the middle of the timbers, so you don’t miss and come through the edge, and ruin a beautiful timber! |
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