Started working on placing weatherboards from boundary board down today. This meant having to cut boards to fit between gaps of window and door openings. This is definately less confusing than the angled cuts for joins & corners as these boards all require straight cuts with the drop saw sitting at 0 degrees.
Measurements first taken from flashing edge to flashing edge, then a measurement from the inside of the frame out to the edge of the flashing is taken. These two figures are added together & 5mm is subtracted to account for their to be a gap between the weatherboard & the window frame for breathing & movement.
Once cut to length, the board is placed in the gap to make sure that it fits ok, and has space on either end, once alright & it the correct position, the edge of the flashing is marked off & a section is checked out from this point at an approximate 40mm depth so that it can slide underneath the board above & not be affected by the flashing sticking out.
The board should be hard up against the flashing with no gaps. These boards are lined up with marks previously placed on the cavity battens using a story board road, & once sitting at this area is checked with a level to make sure it is sitting flush.
It is then fixed into place with the same method used over the past few days.
From this point onwards, the job is very straight forward and easy as no checking out is required, care just has to be taken to make sure that the boards are always lined up to the storyboard rod markings.
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