Garage Slab Siding First Course

This is a demonstration showing how to build the first course of blocks plumb level and in range using the building line as a guide.

Garage slab siding first course.

The cross section at the bottom is the best way to build. The top side view is the wrong way to build. The bottom of the starter strip the part the bottom panel hooks on to should be at least 1 in. Maintaining good clearances between finish grade and siding materials of all kinds is crucial to preventing this kind of damage.

Attach the starter strip to the plywood but don t nail it so tightly that it will restrict the strip s movement. This is what you see happening in the family handyman magazine cover. 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. These can be either cast concrete extensions of the foundation walls or a couple courses of concrete block with at least the first course filled anchored to the slab in the usual manner.

The base course material according to aci 302 concrete floor and slab construction should be compactible easy to trim granular fill that will remain stable and support construction traffic aci 302 recommends material with 10 to 30 fines passing the no. This is where the new siding will begin. Of course creating proper clearances may require creating proper foundations first. Vinyl siding starter strips.

It protects the sheathing from rain snow and pests. To provide a common reference point measure up 8 in. Nail a piece of plywood about 3 5 inches 89 mm thick along the top of the chalk line this will hold out the bottom of the first row of siding. 100 sieve with no clay silt or organic materials.

Most suppliers sell two sizes of starter 2 1 2 in. In most cases it doesn t make any difference whether the siding is wood vinyl aluminum stucco or brick. From the top of this row and stretch a string line across the deck. Begin by installing the first row of siding on both sides of the deck.

Below the top of the foundation but the lower the vinyl siding is installed the better.