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.

It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. Find fiber cement siding accessories at lowe s today. 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. Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip.

Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim. Lap siding for the starter course. Do not overdrive the nails. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips.

These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing.

2 use hardieplank 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. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun. 3 snap a level chalk line 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. 1 the starter strip should be installed over the water resistive barrier. Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding. Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip.

A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in. Snap a line 1 in. 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.