Installing A Siding Water Table

But before we slap up some hardie cement siding we have to get the water table trim on.

Installing a siding water table. This is a traditional trim detail at the bottom of the building and acts as a skirt board band to separate the siding from the foundation. Cut a slit in the sheathing wrap along the entire length of the water table and slip the upper leg of the flashing under the wrap see illustration. Siding and trim that extends down to a roof dormers second floors etc and decks requires a minimum of a 2 inch gap to avoid wicking. And be capped on top with either a preformed metal drip cap or a custom flashing installed under the sheathing wrap.

Snap level chalk lines to help you keep the water table boards straight and attach them by driving two or three nails at each stud. The water table should overlap the foundation by about 1 in. Since the weather has been decent i ve started the siding project.