In other words the total cost will be 5 250 to 11 250 for a cape style or split ranch home.
Garage siding starter course.
You have two options here you can make your own or you may be able to find acceptable prefabricated third party starter strips available for purchase.
Made of low maintenance vinyl.
It helps keep siding level and straight and secures the first course of siding to the home.
The siding cost is dependent on style and thickness ratings.
Hold a second piece of siding against the j channel at the slope of the gable.
Hardieplank lap siding requires a starter strip beneath the first course.
Attach with nails along the top edge of the strip.
Vinyl starter strip useful for locking the first course of siding in place.
Use a starter strip or cut pieces for a starter course.
This video shows how to install a starter strip for vinyl and polymer siding installation.
Vinyl siding will cost you anywhere from 3 50 to 7 50 per square foot installed for an average 1 500 square ft.
It is designed for use with all sidings except cedar impressions and cedarboards.
Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home.
Spend the extra few bucks on the wider stuff and start your siding a bit lower.
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You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips.
Mark the slope with a pencil on the short piece of siding.
Remove the short piece and cut along the pencil line as a pattern for the gable angle cuts.
This vinyl starter strip is used prior to installing the first row of siding.
In the case of dutch lap siding which looks like two courses of siding in each single panel you ll have two opportunities at 4 and 8 in.
Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in.
This is where the new siding will begin.
Resists fungus mildew and wood boring insects.
And nail the starter strip to this.
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Helps keep the siding installation level.
Rip cut the starter strip or starter pieces so that they butt up against the second course of existing shingles and are even with the front edge of the existing roofing.
This chalk line should be level and a consistent distance from the eaves or the top and bottom of the windows.