Air drying lap siding

[starmac]

When you guys make the Adirondack siding, I take it you do not taper saw it?

[Peter Drouin]

I cut mine 3/4"x 8" to 10" wide. I sell a 2"x3/4" starter strip for the bottom of the wall. That kicks it out. I sell my full 2" lumber for the trim around doors and windows. That way you have a 1/2" reveal on the trim.
I tell my customers to only nail the top. [hang it] Then make a pencil line at the bottom of the board. Go look and see how far the wood is away from the mark. Week or two.  Make another mark.
When the wood stops moving, Nail the bottom with ring shank nails.
All W Pine.

[thecfarm]

Good idea Peter on the pencil mark.

[DeepWoods]

So I have a question regarding hanging the lap siding green.  I built a garage last year, but haven't put any lap siding on it yet.  I did sheath it with 1/2" OSB, and there is Tyvek over the OSB to protect it till I get some siding on it.  My question is will I have moisture problems if I now hang the lap siding directly over the Tyvek?   My concern is there will be no way for the moisture to escape from the back side and will cause things to rot.  Don't know if it makes a difference, but it would be Red Pine lap siding cut 8" wide with a 2" overlap.  My gut says cut and dry then hang, but it would be nice to not have to handle the siding more than once.  What say you?

[Lawg Dawg]

So I have a question regarding hanging the lap siding green.  I built a garage last year, but haven't put any lap siding on it yet.  I did sheath it with 1/2" OSB, and there is Tyvek over the OSB to protect it till I get some siding on it.  My question is will I have moisture problems if I now hang the lap siding directly over the Tyvek?   My concern is there will be no way for the moisture to escape from the back side and will cause things to rot.  Don't know if it makes a difference, but it would be Red Pine lap siding cut 8" wide with a 2" overlap.  My gut says cut and dry then hang, but it would be nice to not have to handle the siding more than once.  What say you?

I generally like to let it dry for a bit,  but green works too if you put the nail in the right spot. Face nail 2 1/2" up from the bottom of the board with at least a 3" ring shank into the studs. It important to make sure you hit solid wood with each nail,  not just the osb.  Hand drive nails would be best.