Applying Vinyl Siding Starter Strip

Find the lowest corner of the old siding or sheathing on the house.

Applying vinyl siding starter strip. Determine the lowest point of the wall that will be sided. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line. This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation. From that point measure up 1 4 6 4mm less than the width of the starter strip and partially drive a nail at one corner.

Pull up as. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least. Pop a level chalk line for the starter strip an inch or two above the bottom of the siding. Locate the lowest possible corner that has sheathing.

Pull the zip tool down while simultaneously. Attach j channel trim strips around windows and doors and along the eaves. In order for the siding to be installed properly in a level fashion the starter strip at the bottom of the wall must be level. Partly drive a nail 11 2 in.

Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb. Measure a spot that is 1 1 2 inches above the bottom edge of the sheathing at this lowest point using a tape. Be sure to center the nails in their slots to. Cap the corner posts.

This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. Vinyl siding starter strips. 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. How to install a vinyl siding starter strip step 1.

Position starter strip with the top edge of chalk line and allow room for corner posts. Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home. Insert the flat hooked end of the zip tool under the lip on the bottom most edge of the vinyl siding panel that rests on top of the starter strip. Snap each length of siding in place so that its bottom lip hooks under the starter strip.

Hold a tape measure against the exterior wall and travel. Installing inside corner. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. Slide it into the corner and nail it every 16 in.