How To Install Board And Batten Hardie Siding

Board and batten can be installed onto solid plywood or osb sheathing.

How to install board and batten hardie siding. Trim application for windows doors other openings trim the opening prior to the installation of the siding. This video will outline the basics of installing james hardie s fiber cement products. Place a flat tab at the end of each trim board and one tab every 16 in. Be sure to go to the 14th flooring statement deck for a nice view of lincoln and the surrounding countryside.

If your sheathing is not solid you will need to first attach horizontal furring strips. Here there are you can see one of our how to install hardie board and batten siding gallery there are many picture that you can surf we think you must click them too. Attach the trim boards and flat tabs around the opening as shown in figure 24. With a helper expect to spend a day installing 800 square feet of siding.

Homesteaders and farmers would use sawmills to cut the long boards and the battens were put in place to make the structure as airtight as possible. Nebraska state capitol building rise into view. Traditionally board and batten siding starts with wide vertical planks boards which are then joined together by thin vertical strips battens to cover the seams.