How To Do Starter Row Vinyl Siding

This is where the new siding will begin.

How to do starter row vinyl siding.

Because you cut away the channels at the top of the molding you must nail directly through the molding instead of placing the nails in the designated channels that you used in the rows below. Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps. Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding. This channel conceals.

Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home. Hold a tape measure against the exterior wall and travel. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better.

Next lock a scrap piece of siding into the panel below butting against the window. Starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board. Clearance on each window side. Mark the height needed allowing 1 4 in.

Holding the siding panel under the window mark the width of the opening on the panel allowing 1 4 in. It will be made of aluminum and it usually comes about 3 inches in width and 12 feet long. It is important to check your level every four or five courses by putting a level on the siding. If the result is a whole number you re in.

Vinyl siding starter strips. Locate the lowest possible corner that has sheathing. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. The first piece of vinyl you re going to hang is on the starter strip.

Snap a level chalk line for the first starter strip at the base of the wall no less than 8 inches above ground level after determining the lowest corner of the house. Slot the vinyl siding into the lower siding and nail the top of the vinyl with 3d nails that match the color of the vinyl siding. Clearance below the sill. But if the result is not a whole number you will need to cut the final piece of siding lengthwise in order to fill in.

The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll. How to install a vinyl siding starter strip step 1. Measure a spot that is 1 1 2 inches above the bottom edge of the sheathing at this lowest point using a tape.

Snap a level line all the way around your house and make sure it s level.