Making A Story Pole For Siding

This is your story pole.

Making a story pole for siding.

It is used as a layout tool for any kind of repeated work in carpentry including stair building framing timber framing siding brickwork and setting tiles the pole is marked for the heights from usually the floor platform of a. I make story poles from 8 ft. On the job we are on i layed out a story pole for the siding so we d even reveals on the siding. I repeat the process for the other side of the area then connect the marks on the wrb with a chalk line or a straightedge.

Hold it vertically and align one end with the butt edge of the starter course. A data block with information about the project the location of the bookshelf top information about the body. These marks represent the bottom edge of each course and will be impossible to see as the siding is installed. Before you go ahead and nail the siding however take your story pole around to any other sections you plan to side.

Transfer the marks from the wall to the clapboard. Holding the diagonal story pole in place i transfer the marks for each course from the pole onto the wrb. If i have a set of winders and i m going to do them right i ll lay out the story pole. I hang the pole from the top of a first floor window then mark the location of the bottom of the window trim on the pole.

Make a story pole photo by david carmack. Reveal red cedar shingles. You may want to compromise a bit from one spot to another in order to get as. This one is for a bookcase.

Take a length of clapboard as long as the wall is high. Based on the window reference points i can make story poles for the upper levels gables or additions. Next i measure the height of the space to be sided then divide by the theoretical reveal.