Solid-Color Stains on Western Redcedar and Redwood Siding (PDF) R. Sam Williams Supervisory Research Chemist in Wood Surface Chemistry Forest Products Laboratory USDA Forest Service One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison Wisconsin 53705–2398 January 1998
Before You Install Exterior Wood-Based Siding (PDF) Mark Knaebe, Chemist, and Charles Carll, Forest Products Technologist USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705-2398. December 1995
Why House Paint Fails (PDF) by Mark Knaebe, Chemist Wood Finishing Research USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory One Gifford Pinchot Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53705-2398 October 1995
BSD-105: Understanding Drainage Planes (PDF) 2006-10-24 by Joseph Lstiburek Online Version: https://buildingscience.com/documents/digests/bsd-105-understanding-drainage-planes
Rain-Screen Walls: a Better Way to Install Siding (PDF) By Mark Averill Snyder in Fine Homebuilding Magazine Spacing the siding away from the housewrap promotes ventilation and drainage for long-lasting siding and paint.
Exterior and Interior Wall Manual (PDF) By the Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau
Preservation of Historic Concrete (PDF) Preservation Brief 15, by Paul Gaudette and Deborah Slaton Online Version: https://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/15-concrete.htm
Lap Siding: Installation Tips and Techniques (PDF) From CertainTeed FiberCement
LP SmartSide Trim & Fascia Application Instructions (PDF) Strand & Fiber Substrate 190, 440, 540 & 2000 Series
SmartSide Trim and Siding Application Instructions (PDF) PRECISION SERIES 38 AND 76 SERIES PRIMED LAP SIDING