Belly Band On Siding

Place a soffit on the exterior side of a wall that you d like to see a belly band or trim piece on.

Belly band on siding.

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. It is important to select a quality siding company to ensure that belly bands are properly installed both from an aesthetic and performance standpoint. This tutorial will cover the basics of how to cut replace and fix this issue. In the soffit specification dialog that displays.

September 3 2015 september 11 2017 by brian. Maintain your siding keep it painted and paint the bottom edges. This is sometimes referred to as a belly band. Navigate to build trim 3d molding line then click and drag a line where the belly band should be.

How to replace rotted t1 11 lp siding with a belly band. Have water damage at the belly band. If if somebody was going to install such a belly band it should have a bevel at the top i e it should be sloped at the top downward so that water which runs down the siding would more easily drop all the way to the ground. When the 3d molding line polyline is selected its name appears on the left side of the.

We had two solutions replace all the siding on the south side of our house or install a belly band trim board. Beauty boards can be intricate and lead to a nuanced install. Using the select objects tool click to select the 3d molding line. Lap siding or clapboard is installed with 3 to 6 inch exposure and either terminates into corner boards at the outside corners or is mitered.

On the general panel make your desired size adjustments such as the width height and depth as well as where the soffit will be placed in relation. Incorporating belly bands is a very traditional and cost effective way to personalize your new home siding. But that appears to be asking a lot.