How To Install Metal Starter Strip For Vinyl Siding

Determine the lowest point of the wall that will be sided.

How to install metal starter strip for vinyl siding.

When you ve determined the best height for the metal starter strip mark this position on the walls and snap a reference chalkline around the entire house. How to install a vinyl siding starter strip. Then nail them to the surface you re working on leaving 16 inches 41 cm between each strip. Then nail a 3 1 2 in.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Hold a tape measure against the exterior wall and travel around the house to locate. 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.

Vinyl siding starter strips. Locate the lowest possible corner that has sheathing. Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home. Putting up furring strips will help even out the surface you re working on so the metal siding doesn t look wavy.

This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. To install the furring strips start by cutting them to size so they run from one end of the surface to the other. This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation. Measure a spot that is 1 1 2 inches above the bottom edge of the sheathing at this lowest point.

Use the wider starter strip the bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in.