Learn how to install hardiepanel vertical siding products.
How to attach hardie panel siding.
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Join factory edges and place the cut edges against the corner trim boards.
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When installing fiber cement siding always leave a gap at the ends of each length of siding.
The thin starter strip is installed level with the roof of the building but installed at the foundation to serve as a guide to keep subsequent strips horizontally level.
For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears.
Hardiepanel vertical siding is one of their key product lines and like other hardie materials it is constructed of cement and fiber for durability.
Apply caulk to the joint before and after installing the siding.
Caulking joints are unnecessary but flashing behind the joints is required.
During my time working for james hardie i very rarely got calls from homeowners that wanted to submit a warranty claim for their hardie siding.
Textures include smooth stucco cedarmill and sierra 8.
These strips installed at the bottom will make your first row of siding angle out to match the rest of the rows.
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Hardiepanel vertical siding is factory primed fiber cement vertical siding available in a variety of sizes and textures.
Step 1 install the starter strip for the hardie board siding.
Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide.
Shears are available as a dedicated tool or as an attachment for a drill driver.
Hardie siding requires a minimum 2 gap from all hard surfaces like decks or rooflines and at least 8 from any soft surfaces like grass dirt or gravel.
Examples of these are shown below.
Create a drip edge find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in.
Re siding your house with hardiepanel vertical siding or combining it with hardieplank lap siding is sure to add visual punch to your design.
Hardiepanel vertical siding is 5 16 in.
Hardie board installation will require joints between planks.
Cut a piece of 6 inch wide steel coil trim about 1 inch longer than the width of a siding board and place it behind the joint.