Fiber Cement Siding Starter Strip

Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim.

Fiber cement siding starter strip.

Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip. Lap siding for the starter course. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun. Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing.

Do not overdrive the nails. The ez 60 starter strip keeps bugs out and allows ventilation into the rainscreen cavity while saving labor and material costs. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in.

Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together. 1 the starter strip should be installed over the water resistive barrier. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in.

2 use hardieplank 81 4 in. A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip.

Hardie lap starter strip substitute hardie lap siding instructions require a 1 1 4 starter strip for the first course. Find fiber cement siding accessories at lowe s today. Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding. Snap a line 1 in.

Position your first course of siding inch below the starter strip and nail the siding into the studs 1 inch down from the top of the siding. 3 snap a level chalk line 81 4 in. Sturdi starter replaces strips ripped from good planks of siding saving the installer money and materials time on the job and extra labor. Sturdi starter is a 4 foot long x 1 1 4 wide x5 16 thick 8 mm profile extruded polypropylene plastic strip used as a starter strip behind the first course of fiber cement siding.