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网页2017年11月5日 · I've installed zillions of feet of fiber cement. Both Certainteed and Hardie. I don't like installing either anymore. Especially when the local EQ bodies are cracking down on dust. I have removed a ton of the old LP siding. If I had to reside my place, I would go with smartside or vinyl. I am assuming the new LP siding is nothing like the old crap.
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网页2011年5月9日 · Fiber cement panels can be heavy. Follow the manufacturers specs on quantity and spacing of fasteners to the letter. At the same time you need to allow give in the fastening to allow the panels to "creep". We normally do this by making the the fastener hole slightly larger than the shank of the fastener.
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网页2009年8月9日 · 17394 posts · Joined 2007. #10 · Aug 10, 2009. its actually pretty easy to pry off a panel without cutting the nails. fold it up and wiggle the panel as you pull down,panel usually pulls free. use your flat bar to pull the nails or put the bar on top of the nail heads. and tap them in by striking the bar.
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网页2016年2月8日 · 542 posts · Joined 2013. #7 · Feb 9, 2016. If it is wood framing behind the siding, maybe the siding was installed with air guns. We did a large job one time and hand nailed all the cement board. We tried our nail guns, and …
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网页2014年6月19日 · To vent an attic I need to install some gable end vents into exterior walls already sided with Hardi Plank (or some other similar brand of plank that simulates beveled horizontal siding). The siding looks well installed, blind …
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网页2021年5月10日 · The house has fiber-cement siding, so complete removal will be difficult. What is the best way to cut the bottom portion of the siding so I can add the Z-flashing? I would like to use vinyl flashing so I can just slide it up under the siding and nail it in place, but I can't find that anywhere.
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网页8591 posts · Joined 2003. #4 · Mar 4, 2007. Hitachi makes a blade specifically for cutting fibercement. It's $85 a blade. However I have cut fibercement with the cheap $4 home depot blades and it ends up being the same either way except I am not changing 10 blades a day.
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网页2024年5月17日 · VinylHanger. 17804 posts · Joined 2011. #11 · May 18, 2024. Also, you can contest it. Send a letter and a break down of what it actually costs. I can't even buy the materials for what the adjuster gave us on one job. 30,000 dollar job and they gave my customer 8,000. Materials were 8,500.
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网页2008年11月4日 · Fiber cement does expand and contract but not like vinyl at all only somewhere less tha 1/8" I agree, deffinately put a piece of coilstock behind the seam leave1/16" to 1/8" between boards. When we use prepainted fiber cement we do not use caulk between joints just a 4" piece of coil stock, you can not see it when done.