Can someone describe in words how the bottom-courses flareout, commonly seen on well-detailed homes with cedar siding, is done? Do we just spike on some bevel claps as a means of wedging out the base courses? Or is there some more elaborate technique for doing this?
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I rip out a piece with a seven degree bevel about 1-1/4" and tack it on first. The cedars can bend over it.
I've also done it where a bellyband detail suronds the house at the second floor. This is a frieze above the lower shingles with a crown or cornice added to it. The crown piec must be backed up by a shim to hold it out. This larger sized skirt makes it harder to bend the shingles but it can be done.