Porch Siding Bottom Edge

For horizontal siding install f channel trim at the soffit and gable rake.

Porch siding bottom edge. The porch skirt porch lattice should always sit inside a frame do not let the bottom of the frame touch the ground otherwise you run the risk of rot and termites. They protrude and the horizontal surface is exposed to sun and rain. These wooden drip caps have quite a bit of rot. Bottom of siding boards should not be caulked water is meant to exit through the bottom of each board.

But hardie for example requires at least 2 inches in our climate zone. Install trim under eaves rakes. Novik stone ds 5 88 in. Dry stack stone in flint corner 6 30 lin.

Aluminum wall siding is not a waterproof building skin. Using a framing nailer and galvanized nails add siding by nailing it directly into the porch posts. Per box trim plastic siding model 120540010 124 00 case 124 00 case free delivery. The frame should be proportional to the size of the skirting.

Cut along the corner of the facing edge. However there are wooden drip caps at the bottom edge where it meets a horizontal trim board and also along the bottom of the gable ends where the two t1 11 panels meet. Wind blown rain can easily enter the wall at all sides of the windows as well as between siding segments and possibly at the wall bottom near those corner posts. Bend the wide surface of the channel inward at this cut to make a drip edge tab and slide the tab under the sill channel.

For vertical siding install j channel trim. Set your store to see local availability add to cart. Don t assume all fiber cement details are the same. While paint does tend to somewhat glue these pieces together caulking them is never advised and can cause permanent damage.

The width of the frame should be about 3 to 5 inches depending on the height of the porch etc. The bottom edges of each siding course are clipped together often including vent openings. Add siding to each side of porch posts on the bottom portion. If the top is mitered miter the sides as well.

Nail every 12 inches on center. The clearance between the siding and a deck porch or hardscape surface or along the rake of a roof is much greater. For maxiplank this clearance is supposed to be at least 1 inch to 2 inches. Once those pieces are added to the bottom of the porch pillars measure 9 9 inches.

Also avoid caulking tongue and groove siding boards together. At the bottom make a 1 in.