Fiber Cement Siding Starter Strip

Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in.

Fiber cement siding starter strip.

Do not overdrive the nails. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun. 3 snap a level chalk line 81 4 in. 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.

Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding. Sturdi starter replaces strips ripped from good planks of siding saving the installer money and materials time on the job and extra labor. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows.

Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip. Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip. 2 use hardieplank 81 4 in. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips.

Lap siding for the starter course. The ez 60 starter strip keeps bugs out and allows ventilation into the rainscreen cavity while saving labor and material costs. Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim. Find fiber cement siding accessories at lowe s today.

Snap a line 1 in. It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together.

They say to rip it from a plank but this seems inane to me since i m doing all the other cuts with shears i would need a special blade for a table saw or circular saw just to make a starter. 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. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in. Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing.