Garage Slab Siding Starter Course

This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation.

Garage slab siding starter course.

Remove any siding or exterior finish that isn t compatible with vinyl siding and make sure the walls are sheathed with a substrate to receive the siding. Such as garage or sliding glass doors some. Remove the short piece and cut along the pencil line as a pattern for the gable angle cuts. Hold a second piece of siding against the j channel at the slope of the gable.

But this is also the most durable and long lasting option. 1 2 inch 1 3 cm plywood or osb are common substrates and these are generally covered with roofing felt or another moisture barrier prior to siding the walls. Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. Lock a short piece of siding into the gable starter course i e the last course before the gable starts.

Mark the slope with a pencil on the short piece of siding. Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home. J channel used for receiving siding on all sides of windows and doors at rake edges of gables. I ll trim the siding and flash it this and the other side is only about 6 total.

The siding must be installed over a flat surface so unless you re siding a new home or have removed the old lap siding you ll need to line the wall with sheets of rigid foam board usually 1 2. He did trim the siding before it was poured and i would guess there s no more than 1 2 of siding below the top of the concrete. Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower. Start with a level chalk line for the bottom starter strip and check the level periodically as you go up.

Adding one course of block to a slab keeps the garage door framing farther up from the ground which may be necessary depending on the grade. We had to pitch away from the house the garage and the neighbor and it was pitched correctly but this needed to be the highest point. Cut vinyl pieces to fit with a saw or snips. The most expensive option is laying several courses of blocks on top of frost footings and then resting the edges of the slab on the blocks.

Most manufacturers produce a starter strip that secures the bottom course of siding to the sheathing and holds it at the proper angle. For vinyl use special trim strips which should come with the. Used with horizontal and vertical siding. This is where the new siding will begin.

This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. For wood and cement fiber siding generally use 1 by 4 boards overlapped at the corners. Starter strip application in difficult conditions.