How To Install Vinyl Siding Starter Strips

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

How to install vinyl siding starter strips. 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. It is a small strip of vinyl siding that has a locking channel on it that the first full sized vinyl siding panel. It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. Staret strip secures the first course of siding to the home.

For the remaining vinyl siding panels to be installed correct and level beginning with the lowest row you must install the starter strip correctly. The starter strip is the first strip of vinyl siding that is nailed to the wall. Remember to make sure the sheathing is smooth before you apply the siding so the siding can be smooth also. This is where the new siding will begin.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better. Position starter strip with the top edge of chalk line and allow room for corner posts. Vinyl siding starter strips 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. When the wall surface is uneven shim out the starter strip to avoid a wavy appearance in the finished siding job.

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