Vinyl siding starter strips.
How to start first row of vinyl siding.
Get started installing vinyl siding with this video that covers wall preparation fasteners fastening techniques tools chalk lines corner posts and start.
This channel conceals.
Divide the length of each wall by 8 inches the width of a piece of siding.
Overlap the flashing onto the row of siding just below the window.
You attach the bottom of the first row of siding to the top of this starter strip.
Installing vinyl siding in these 23 steps.
If you have to cut the last row of siding you ll.
This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows.
Installing vinyl siding is really easy.
Starting with the soffit nail lengths of j channel against the inner edge of the fascia board.
Now any water that runs inside the j channels will come out on top of the siding and out the weep holes designed for this purpose.
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.
This is where the new siding will begin.
For the remaining vinyl siding panels to be installed correct and level beginning with the lowest row you must install the starter strip correctly.
Just always make sure you leave room for expansion otherwise your siding will buckle and pop.
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.
As its name implies a starter strip is one of the initial steps during the installation of vinyl siding.
If the result is a whole number you re in.
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