How To Hang Hardie Siding By Yourself

Join factory edges and place the cut edges against the corner trim boards.

How to hang hardie siding by yourself.

You can make your own fiber cement starter strip by ripping a piece of hardieplank lap siding into 1 1 4 inch strips. 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. Cut the strip with a. Be sure the flashing overlaps the siding course below.

The glue just holds long enough to get the hardi backer siding in place that s all. This old house general contractor tom silva shares his secrets for working with fiber cement siding. In this video i am using lp smartside lap siding to side my house. Hardie board installation will require joints between planks.

If hand nailing fiber cement siding use hot dipped galvanized nails and drive the nails into the wall studs. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to. N nail lengths should be chosen so they penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 in. How to install hardie siding.

I used a couple cans of spray glue to tack on foam sheets to the felt and then used the pink owens corning house wrap tape to seal seams between foam sheets. How to stagger lap siding for walls longer than 12 feet you ll need to butt additional lengths of siding together. Begin at the lowest point at the side of your house where you will install your hardie siding. Caulking joints are unnecessary but flashing behind the joints is required.

Use 6d or 8d galvanized or stainless siding nails and install a single nail about 1 in. I am using special siding clamps that lets me do everything solo. Apply a 1 1 4 inch starter strip right above the water table trim located at the bottom edge of the house wall. Into the solid wood wood sheathings like osb and plywood count toward the 1 1 4 in but soft sheathings like fiber board and foam don t.

Install flashing at all end joints where two pieces of siding butt together.