How To Attach Hardie Panel Siding

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.

How to attach hardie panel siding.

Hardiepanel vertical siding is one of their key product lines and like other hardie materials it is constructed of cement and fiber for durability. Hardie board installation will require joints between planks. Create a drip edge find your most beat up pieces of siding and rip them down into 1 1 4 in. When installing fiber cement siding always leave a gap at the ends of each length of siding.

Textures include smooth stucco cedarmill and sierra 8. This video will outline the basics of installing james hardie s fiber cement products. The james hardie co. Hardiepanel vertical siding is 5 16 in.

Please see your local james hardie. Re siding your house with hardiepanel vertical siding or combining it with hardieplank lap siding is sure to add visual punch to your design. Shears are available as a dedicated tool or as an attachment for a drill driver. Caulking joints are unnecessary but flashing behind the joints is required.

Manufactures and sells a range of exterior shingle siding board panel and trim products. Above the bottom of the wall sheathing as a guide. For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears. 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.

Apply caulk to the joint before and after installing the siding. Thick and is available in 4x8 4x9 and 4x10 sizes. 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. Join factory edges and place the cut edges against the corner trim boards.

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. Snap a line 1 in. Examples of these are shown below.