Belly bands are an excellent way to boost the aesthetics and curb appeal of your house siding.
Belly band siding detail.
Your belly band does.
This is sometimes referred to as a belly band.
How to replace rotted t1 11 lp siding with a belly band.
When the 3d molding line polyline is selected its name appears on the left side of the.
Belly bands also referred to as beauty boards are a decorative trim piece that stretches horizontally across a home s facade.
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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.
I ll bet that there aren t that many hours into the siding you have pictured.
Navigate to build trim 3d molding line then click and drag a line where the belly band should be.
Using the select objects tool click to select the 3d molding line.
My wife and i live in the beautiful north west near portland oregon.
Beauty boards are most often paired with horizontal lap siding traditional hardieplank.
Creating a belly band manually create a cross section elevation of the side of the structure where you want the belly band to appear.
Vinyl belly band trim details.
My house is slowly going up.
But it is that little detail maintain it that appears to be lost on the part of many most home owners.
The builder likes to use a metal flashing where the siding transitions to boral trim of course but i am curious about the details.
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.
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.
It will decay if it isn t maintained.
Vinyl belly band trim details.
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.
September 3 2015 september 11 2017 by brian.
Time to do a quick sample for the inspectors of the belly band.
When we bought our first house last year we discovered during the rainy season that we had soft spots along the bottom 5 inches of our siding.
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.
By brandon whitmore.
Time to do a quick sample for the inspectors of the belly band.
Have water damage at the belly band.
I am using 1 2 plywood as furring strips.
