Fiber Cement Siding Starter Strip

Install these fragile starter strips with a 15 gauge trim gun.

Fiber cement siding starter strip. You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim. Snap a line 1 in. 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.

A prefabricated starter strip for use behind the first course of fiber cement siding as well as above windows and doors. It s best to stagger the joints in each successive course to avoid noticeable patterns. 1 the starter strip should be installed over the water resistive barrier. 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. Starter strips can be made by ripping 11 4 in. Find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in. Lengths from full or partial planks of hardieplank siding.

Do not overdrive the nails. 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. 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. These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows.

Sturdi starter replaces strips ripped from good planks of siding saving the installer money and materials time on the job and extra labor. 3 snap a level chalk line 81 4 in. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together. Lap siding for the starter course.

Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. Up from the bottom edge of the starter strip. Hardie lap starter strip substitute hardie lap siding instructions require a 1 1 4 starter strip for the first course. 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.