Course Strip On Siding

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Course strip on siding. Required accessory for starting a vinyl siding job. Battens are the smaller part that go between the boards. Most manufacturers produce a starter strip that secures the bottom course of siding to the sheathing and holds it at the proper angle. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower.

Subscribe to this old house. Constructed of low maintenance durable vinyl. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. The last one that goes between the new work and the old work can be face nailed with hardiplank just nail it off near the edge of the strip above countersink the heads and caulk the nail heads to hide them.

Thick treated wood starter strip along the bottom of the wall above the foundation. Measure and cut to length the first piece of siding and nail it in place photo 7. A strip of wood that seals joints in wooden siding. Framing or one bay for 24 inch o c.

Butt joints in adjacent courses should be spaced apart by at least two stud bays for 16 inch o c. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Backed by ply gem s limited lifetime warranty. This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation.

Be sure to center the nails in their slots to. It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. This strip will tip the first piece of siding to the proper angle. Rip and nail up a 3 8 in.

Slide it into the corner and nail it every 16 in. Starter strip is used at the bottom of each side of the home to lock the first course of siding in place. What i do is replace them from the bottom up. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together.

Snap each length of siding in place so that its bottom lip hooks under the starter strip. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in.

Remember that these layout lines represent the top of each siding course. Modern board and batten siding refers to the old wood siding that had boards and battens to fill the gaps between the boards. Cellwood vinyl starter strip is a required accessory to start any vinyl siding installation job. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips.