How To Install Metal Starter Strip For Vinyl Siding

This is where the new siding will begin.

How to install metal starter strip for vinyl siding. Locate the lowest possible corner that has sheathing. Putting up furring strips will help even out the surface you re working on so the metal siding doesn t look wavy. Hold a tape measure against the exterior wall and travel around the house to locate. How to install a vinyl siding starter strip.

Vinyl siding starter strips. This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows. 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. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests.

Measure a spot that is 1 1 2 inches above the bottom edge of the sheathing at this lowest point. This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation. Then nail a 3 1 2 in. 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.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Determine the lowest point of the wall that will be sided. To install the furring strips start by cutting them to size so they run from one end of the surface to the other. Then nail them to the surface you re working on leaving 16 inches 41 cm between each strip.

Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home.