

3m Fibre Cement Wall Cladding Start Profile Trim
Our starter trims are essential for any wall cladding project, providing the support needed to ensure your first row of boards is properly positioned and aligned. They also help maintain consistent spacing and level installation across your fibre cement lap wall cladding. Manufactured from high-quality aluminium, these trims offer excellent resistance to stains, rust, and corrosion, ensuring a durable, long-lasting finish.

Cladco Fibre Cement Lap Starter Trim
The Cladco fibre cement lap wall cladding starter strip is a vital component for achieving a professional cladding finish. It ensures your cladding boards are installed level and evenly spaced from the very first row.
Made from stain, rust, and corrosion-resistant aluminium, the starter strip is angled to support the featherboard effect and provides a secure base for fitting the first board onto structural battens.
Before starting your fibre cement lap wall cladding installation, ensure all necessary parts have been acquired.
Trim specifications
Measurements: 30mm x 10mm x 30mm x 7mm
Thickness: 1mm
Length: 3m
Weight: 1.53kg
Colours: Cream, sage green, slate, granite, light grey, black, blue, and white
Cladco fibre cement lap wall cladding starter strip should be installed at the building base, and above any doors or windows, the starter strip must be installed above the aluminium perforated closure with 38mm stainless steel screws.
The perforated closure is designed to promote airflow while preventing moisture build-up, debris accumulation, and insect ingress behind the fibre cement lap wall cladding boards. Installing the starter strip over the closure ensures both components work effectively together, supporting proper ventilation and a clean, long-lasting finish.
This starter strip is available in a range of eight colours, manufactured to match the colour of your Cladco fibre cement lap wall cladding boards for an attractive and seamless design.
Requiring no staining or painting, these low-maintenance trims simply need to be installed securely by following the installation guide, which you can find here.
If you want to learn more about the features of Cladco fibre cement lap wall cladding, click here.

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National Delivery | Orders under £1,000 | Est. 5 working days* Roofing items 7-10 working days* |
£192.00 |
Orders over £1,000 | Est. 5 working days* Roofing items 7-10 working days* |
£96.00 | ||
Orders over £1,500 | Est. 5 working days* Roofing items 7-10 working days* |
FREE | ||
Scotland Delivery | Est. 15 working days* Roofing items 7-10 working days* |
£360.00 | ||
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Millboard Delivery | Orders under £2,000 | Est. 5 working days* | £192.00 |
Orders over £2,000 | Est. 5 working days* | FREE | ||
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Parcelforce Standard | (Small Parcels) | 3-5 working days* | £8.50 |
Parcelforce Standard | (Large Parcels) | 3-5 working days* | £30.00 | |
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Sample Packs via Courier | 5 working days* | FREE |
*Please allow for public holidays and weekends (non-delivery days)
Some of our products are available for collection from our warehouses in Okehampton (Devon) and Andover (Hampshire) - This option will show at checkout, when available.
Standard collection lead time is 3-5 working days, this may vary depending on the product. If you would like to collect your order after 2 hours, please choose this option at checkout.
Please note that collections are only available from Monday-Friday, 08:00 - 17:00 & Saturday, 08:00 - 12:30 (Note: this IS the cut off time for collections, despite our closing time of 13:00)
Please Note The Following Prior To Collection:
Vehicles we can and cannot load
Cladco Profiles will only load flatbed lorries and flatbed trailers for insurance purposes. If the appropriate vehicle is not available, two people would be required for a collection.
Cladco Profiles will NOT load any vehicles with roof racks, horse boxes, cattle lorries or fixed-sided trailers. Cladco Profiles has the right to refuse loading a vehicle for any reason.
Before arranging a collection, please read our Customer Collection Notice below.

Our Okehampton HQ and Warehouses (Devon)

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Customer Collection Notice
For those customers wishing to collect materials, we ask you report to the office first in order to be seen by a member of the sales team. Your goods will then be picked and brought to your vehicle.
Please note that during busy periods you may experience a wait while our yard staff serve other customers or are loading/unloading other vehicles.
We respectfully draw your attention to the following points:
- It is the ultimately the responsibility of the customer to load his/her vehicle and to ensure the goods are safely/ securely strapped down.
- Our staff will be happy to assist you load your goods onto appropriate vehicles by way of fork lift trucks. Our staff will not handball any goods into enclose vehicles. The loading of the vehicle is carried out entirely at the customers own risk. We will not be held liable for any damage that may occur to your vehicle or goods collected from our premises during the transport of said goods.
- It is the responsibility of the customer to ensure both their vehicle and the goods are safe when they leave our premises.
- We can advise the approximate weight of materials prior to you arriving so that you can be sure your vehicle is capable of carrying the intended load. Please ensure that you bring appropriate ropes, straps or other securing materials as we are unable to provide you with any upon arrival.
- We strongly recommend you bring suitable protection materials to prevent your ropes/straps etc. be damaged by these edges. We recommend that you use good quality protective gloves when handling materials.