Fiber Cement Siding Starter Strip

Lap siding for the starter course.

Fiber cement siding starter strip. Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip. 2 use hardieplank 81 4 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. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in.

These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide.

Sturdi starter replaces strips ripped from good planks of siding saving the installer money and materials time on the job and extra labor. The ez 60 starter strip keeps bugs out and allows ventilation into the rainscreen cavity while saving labor and material costs. 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.

A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim. It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun.

Our starter strips are based on a concept developed by siding installers to combine two important siding accessories a lip edge for the starter course of siding and perforations to create a bug screen for rainscreen cavities. Do not overdrive the nails. Hardie lap starter strip substitute hardie lap siding instructions require a 1 1 4 starter strip for the first course. Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip.

Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding. 3 snap a level chalk line 81 4 in. Find fiber cement siding accessories at lowe s today. Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing.