How To Put Hardie Siding On A House

Nail the board to the house every 16 to 24 inches with a roofing nail along the nail line printed on the top of the siding board.

How to put hardie siding on a house. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. How to install siding over stucco walls. 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. This old house general contractor tom silva shares his secrets for working with fiber cement siding.

You can change the appearance of the stucco wall surface by covering it with a wall of siding. For more inspiration take a look at some of our favorite siding and shutter color combinations on real james hardie homes. Cut the strip with a circular saw from a hardie siding plank. Begin at the lowest point at the side of your house where you will install your hardie siding.

Every shade is a match. How to install siding 26a doing it dan s way daniel woodell this video show how to install hardie plank siding on a garage using some of the more up to date. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to. Stucco adorns the facade or interior walls in many homes.

To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shares his secrets for working with fiber cement siding. Step 2 apply a 1 1 4 inch starter strip right above the water table trim located at the bottom edge of the house wall. Go bold with red shutters or black shutters.

Shutter colors for white houses. 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. Nail it to the house framing with two siding nails every 16 inches.