Patent ID: 7472523

Claim:
A method of installing siding panel on a vertical wall of a structure, comprising the following steps: providing first and second clapboard siding panels, each of said siding panels having front and rear faces, at least one of said siding panels having at least one spacing element formed integrally with said siding panel and disposed along at least one of said faces; and attaching said siding panels to said wall of said structure to form a partially overlapping siding panel assembly comprising an overlapping siding panel and an overlapped siding panel, wherein said at least one spacing element provides an air gap or air flow path between said siding panels in an overlap region, said air gap or air flow path positioned to be effective in minimizing a pressure differential between the front face of said overlapped siding panel and the rear face of said overlapping siding panel in said partially overlapping siding panel assembly.