Applying Vinyl Siding Starter Strip

Vinyl siding starter strips.

Applying vinyl siding starter strip. Pull up as. Attach j channel trim strips around windows and doors and along the eaves. Position starter strip with the top edge of chalk line and allow room for corner posts. How to install a vinyl siding starter strip step 1.

Hold a tape measure against the exterior wall and travel. This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation. Installing inside corner. Cap the corner posts.

Locate the lowest possible corner that has sheathing. This is where the new siding will begin. Measure a spot that is 1 1 2 inches above the bottom edge of the sheathing at this lowest point using a tape. Snap each length of siding in place so that its bottom lip hooks under the starter strip.

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. Partly drive a nail 11 2 in. Insulation for vinyl siding 1. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least.

This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. Pop a level chalk line for the starter strip an inch or two above the bottom of the siding. Nail vertical vinyl corners to the corners of the house making sure they are plumb. Find the lowest corner of the old siding or sheathing on the house.

Be sure to center the nails in their slots to. Pull the zip tool down while simultaneously. 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. 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.

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. Mice bees and all sorts of other critters love making their home inside vinyl corner posts. Nail the starter strip to the siding aligning the top of the strip with the chalk line. Determine the lowest point of the wall that will be sided.