We had two solutions replace all the siding on the south side of our house or install a belly band trim board.
Belly band house siding.
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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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.
My house is slowly going up.
Time to do a quick sample for the inspectors of the belly band.
The builder likes to use a metal flashing where the siding transitions to boral trim of course but i am curious about the details.
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.
Beauty boards are most often paired with horizontal lap siding traditional hardieplank.
Using the select objects tool click to select the 3d molding line.
Creating a belly band manually create a cross section elevation of the side of the structure where you want the belly band to appear.
Let s go over some of the common parts of a house you might encounter during remodeling.
Maintain your siding keep it painted and paint the bottom edges.
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Below is an example of a traditional style house exterior.
This beautiful craftsman home plan features all the things that make a house a home.
I am using 1 2 plywood as furring strips.
But that appears to be asking a lot.
The new barrel vaulted porch and the landscape design with it s curving walkway now invite you in.
Three over sized bedrooms are complimented by large closets and the flex space provides a perfect spot for that home office playroom or dining room a breakfast area and raised bar all provide spaces for those family.
Fascia and dormers and belly bands.
Revitalizing a southern california stucco home with artisan v groove siding by james.
Hope this helps you in your diy projects and best of luck.
Belly bands are an excellent way to boost the aesthetics and curb appeal of your house siding.
This tutorial will cover the basics of how to cut replace and fix this issue.
There are many different styles of homes which may or may not contain the labeled parts.
On many two story buildings in sacramento there is a horizontal board that divides the upper and lower story.
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.
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.
