Belly Band Siding Detail

I ll bet that there aren t that many hours into the siding you have pictured.

Belly band siding detail.

The builder likes to use a metal flashing where the siding transitions to boral trim of course but i am curious about the details. Time to do a quick sample for the inspectors of the belly band. Belly bands can be used both at the base of the building in lieu of the water table or at any other horizontal material change on the building. In the back it is two stories and there will be a 12 belly band of boral trim at the floor level with hardi artisan siding above and below.

Your belly band does. My house is slowly going up. September 3 2015 september 11 2017 by brian. With the level of detail on those buildings that siding should take in the range of 10 12 man hours per square to install and detail properly.

Belly bands are an excellent way to boost the aesthetics and curb appeal of your house siding. Bottom of siding water damage from incorrect installation of. It will decay if it isn t maintained. However this problem can be accellerated or accented if one decides to put a belly band i e horizontal siding along the base of the structure at the bottom of the siding with a 90 degree.

Time to do a quick sample for the inspectors of the belly band. Vinyl belly band trim details. How to replace rotted t1 11 lp siding with a belly band. It s very common in sacramento one of the most common areas of exterior water damage to wood trim occurs when a horizontal piece of wood is nailed to a wood surface on many two story buildings in sacramento there is a horizontal board that divides the upper and lower story.

I am using 1 2 plywood as furring strips. Vinyl belly band trim details. Creating a belly band manually create a cross section elevation of the side of the structure where you want the belly band to appear. Using the select objects tool click to select the 3d molding line.

By brandon whitmore. Belly bands also referred to as beauty boards are a decorative trim piece that stretches horizontally across a home s facade. When the 3d molding line polyline is selected its name appears on the left side of the. This is sometimes referred to as a belly band.

But it is that little detail maintain it that appears to be lost on the part of many most home owners. Sign in to follow this. Have water damage at the belly band. Navigate to build trim 3d molding line then click and drag a line where the belly band should be.

My wife and i live in the beautiful north west near portland oregon. Alside cad details vinyl siding and soffit the alside cad details below are complete drawings that can easily be downloaded customized for your residential or commercial project and included in your cad library for future use.