Starter Strip For Hardie Siding

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Starter strip for hardie siding.

Install the starter strip for the hardie board siding. Can a vinyl utility undersill trim be used. Resists fungus mildew and wood boring insects. Starter strips are easily made by ripping 1 in.

Helps keep the siding installation level. It s roughly the same width of hardiplank. Then cut and nail the first course of siding along the layout line. Anyone have any experience with this p.

P hey all newbie to this forum. Made of low maintenance vinyl. I m about to do my first hardi siding job. Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip.

Install the first course of siding. 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. Treated starter strip along the bottom of the wall. You have two options here you can make your own or you may be able to find acceptable prefabricated third party starter strips available for purchase.

Pieces of hardieplank siding from full or partial planks. The thin starter strip is installed level with the roof of the building but installed at the foundation to serve as a guide to keep subsequent strips horizontally level. Hardie lap siding instructions require a 1 1 4 starter strip for the first course. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips.

And while we re talking about starter strips over windows and doors do you leave some gaps for drainage. Gap at the end and nail at each stud with a single 8d galvanized box nail held 1 in. Install a starter strip hardieplank lap siding requires a starter strip beneath the first course to set it on the proper angle and to create a proper drip edge at the bottom of the siding. Place the starter strip a minimum of six inches from a finished graded ground surface and two inches from steps.

Thd sku 438401. Vinyl starter strip useful for locking the first course of siding in place. That s what hardie recommends for the starter strips at the base of the wall but i don t want to invite the wasps and yellow jackets over for an easy access comfy home.