Fiber Cement Siding Starter Strip

The ez 60 starter strip keeps bugs out and allows ventilation into the rainscreen cavity while saving labor and material costs.

Fiber cement siding starter strip.

3 snap a level chalk line 81 4 in. Lap siding for the starter course. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows. 2 use hardieplank 81 4 in.

Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding. Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun. Hardie lap starter strip substitute hardie lap siding instructions require a 1 1 4 starter strip for the first course. Do not overdrive the nails.

Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in. It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide.

Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip. Sturdi starter replaces strips ripped from good planks of siding saving the installer money and materials time on the job and extra labor. 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. Georgia pacific 3 5 in x 10 ft galvanized steel galvanized steel vinyl siding starter strip.

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. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. 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. 1 the starter strip should be installed over the water resistive barrier.

Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim. A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. Snap a line 1 in. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in.