Belly Band On Siding

In the soffit specification dialog that displays.

Belly band on siding.

Incorporating belly bands is a very traditional and cost effective way to personalize your new home siding. 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. Creating a belly band manually create a cross section elevation of the side of the structure where you want the belly band to appear. With the soffit placed use the select objects tool to select it and then click open object.

This is sometimes referred to as a belly band. We had two solutions replace all the siding on the south side of our house or install a belly band trim board. 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. But that appears to be asking a lot.

It is important to select a quality siding company to ensure that belly bands are properly installed both from an aesthetic and performance standpoint. 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. Place a soffit on the exterior side of a wall that you d like to see a belly band or trim piece on. Using the select objects tool click to select the 3d molding line.

September 3 2015 september 11 2017 by brian. This tutorial will cover the basics of how to cut replace and fix this issue. Maintain your siding keep it painted and paint the bottom edges. 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.

Beauty boards can be intricate and lead to a nuanced install. Have water damage at the belly band. Navigate to build trim 3d molding line then click and drag a line where the belly band should be.