Different trim/base siding question.
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I was looking at my newest issue of FHB and came across a home on page 30 that I really liked. I like the trim/base of the siding and how it is different from the rest of the siding. Can someone tell me what it looks like they used for the base and small trim between the base and siding? I will be using the Smooth Colonial Hardi for my house and would like a similar look on the base. It looks like they may have use a smooth 12″ piece of hardi or wood for the base?
Does one have to worry about water sitting on top of that small piece of trim and getting behind of the siding? How can that area be water proofed?
I attached a pic.
Thanks
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Ohh... I smell copyright infringement.. =)
hee heee... kidding aside, the top of the base looks to be a drip edge, which would be beveled down and have an undercut underneath it to keep the water from running under it. I've replaces a lot of it on old houses, where it went unmaintained and rotted out. Not saying that one would, those I replaced had paint peeling for years on end.
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Edited 5/5/2009 12:45 am by Ted W.
Thanks Ted. How is it fastened to the sheathing?
http://www.smnv.net/Products/Water%20Table/Water%20Table.htm
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Perfect. Thanks Grant.
I've done that with 5/4 Azek, cut with a bevel so it slopes out, and with a routed bead under the front edge so it drips right. I used Azek for the trim board below it, and the Tyvek runs under the whole thing, so any water that might blow in drains out at the bottom.
You can bevel the top edge of the bottom trim board so the water table lays flat on it. Toenail it in to the sheathing, or trim screws, your call.
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
Everything fits, until you put glue on it.
Edited 5/5/2009 8:02 am ET by MikeHennessy
Thanks Mike.