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Great comprehensive video, thank you

Great Video….! Curious if i’m building a small 8x10 outside tuffshed type building and using Hardi-backer sheathing…; is it necessary to wrap the building with tyvek or material prior to adding the sheathing..? thanks for the video!

Excellent overview! Building my own home next year- brick and James Hardie siding.

Can wood shutters be installed on it?

Hardie boards are a joke. Its like Kia pretending to be Mercedes. Fake stone, fake brick, fake wood. Yall look like clowns putting this stuff on your houses

4:10 I'm trying to figure out, how do you finish the last/top board?

where do you find joint flashing. I've looked at every store and not one sells it.

what is the cost of this slider unit

Is that information card accessible?

Thank you!

what should you do with the top of the trim if no caulk?

When I installed Hardi-Plank 20 years ago, they recommended a 1/8 inch gap between butt joints! Now I get to re-caulk every few years.

You really need to make inside and outside corners I think the corners are the worst looking sticks out to me really bad been tiling for 30 + years and whenever I do the stacking stone I miter the corners because I just hate that stagger look

i installed james hardie on 1 of the oldest houses in plymouth mi james hardie threw the homeowners a block party the house was like 128 years old we found old plymouth lumber underneath that the owner framed and put in his house cool deal

all products expand and contract with temperature, there should be a thermal expanction number. For Hardie Boards: Coeficient of Thermal Expansion (COTE) per ASTM E228 is: Longitudinal COTE = 6.7X10E-6 in/in ° F Transverse COTE = 7.65X10E-6 in/in ° F. So for a 10' board it would be 0.0000067in/inF * 10'(12"/1') * 100F = 0.0684". So a 10' board with a change of 100F will change 68 mills (34 mills at each end). Not sure how much the nails will attenuate this change.

my oh my I repainted my friends house that had Hardie prepainted siding all 4 sides of his house were different colors due to the amount of sun shine they got over a 12 years period ...it went from dark forest green on the north side of the house to a pale yellow color on the south side of the house...and who ever installed it - left plenty of wide gaps between the boards ... So are you SURE they don't expand and contract ? He nearly cried when he saw how nice it looked with new paint on it

Caulk dam huh

Hi, How did you install the cocktail rail?? Is there a special tool or screw to do?? Thank you in advance.

$5500

What about post installed from above, still code approved for hurricane clip replacement?

How often does this stuff need to be recalled? Nobody talks about that. Is t composite better?

I work at that company in Saint Louis Missouri

Are you going to be able to ramp around top half moon window??? thanks

Our subcontractor failed to nail the James Hardy sliding into the studs. They randomly nailed it into the OBS, most nails missing the studs. A suggestion was made that the nails could be bent over on the inside of the wall. Is this practice acceptable or would it impact the warranty?

Not a fan, installed on a few houses, its not forgiving, our boss said he's not doing another job with it. At least the 4x8 sheets with battons. It scratches easily, repairs are difficult to make look nice. Off cuts are landfill bound. Take longer to install. At least for us.

I had a new house built and they said Hardie siding was the best. Now it whistles in the breeze and rattles in the wind. Should have paid the money for brick. What a nightmare....

It shrinks its whole life.. Every job always shrinks up. Dont believe me go look at 5 to 10 year old jobs. Its garbage

Also to be used for a loftfloor?

I’m glad I’ve been doing everything right but it’s good to know the clearance numbers so you sound more professional when a homeowner asks

Don’t you have to face nail the window trim and edges?

I need help with the OPPOSITE. I have a screened in porch and need to renail the screen so I am trying to remove the trim boards. How do I do it? I can send you a pic but the board (hardie plank) has hardieplank siding up against it. I GUESS there is caulking between the board and the hardieplank so should I use a razor and then try to pop the board off going north to south using a claw bar ??

I checked your site and did not find the info you are showing - no instructions, no flyer, not directions. What am I missing? I mean other than those listed crucial pieces of information.

He said James Hardi products don’t expand and contract?!?? WTF?!? 2:44-3:03 How are they exempt from the laws of science?

Price?

Could of actually showed paint application instead of that.

Should you install hardie when it's 20 or lower outside. It's been 12 degrees lately and gets up to 25.

Ordered 9 pieces of sample Hardie Board invited 4 different contractors who attempted to sell me various vinyl products, as soon as I asked if they were trained skilled to install Hardie Board with homeowner references not 1 gave me a straight answer but I heard 3 of them say if water saturates the underboard unfinished side over time the Board will fail breakdown and mold. These were licensed NJ MIDDLESEX COUNTY companies only 1cstated that he had installed it. So citizens I took 3 of my samples placed them in a 5 gallon bucket filled it halfway with water left the bucket outside with the boards inside for 2 weeks exposed to rain . I took them out after 2 weeks straight submerged in water. NO CHANGE IN THE BOARD. April 2023 Hardie Board is going up on me home.

Very informative and great graphics, Thanks!

where can i get a print out for that sheet

It’s a remarkable failure of design that the blinds when retracted are not fully hidden by the top rail.

Are you able to install Versetta stone without using screws in certain sections? Only wondering since I was looking to redo the surround of my fireplace and was going to stone over the insert metal. So was wondering if there is a way to do this with Versetta stone.

if you rabbit a cut on cornerboards do you still need to caulk if the cut ends are sitting inside the rabbit? If so there is no point in me doing rabbits on the corners. Thanks for all the info

Do you caulk under the siding

Having a new house built now. The Hardie board on the rear of the house has ‘bows’ above ⬆️ the windows. About 5 or 7 courses. 🤔 Is this an issue? Inspector said they might lay down after it ‘dries’ or ages. We have 11 months after close before I get anal. No other areas of the house have ‘bows’ in the planks. Builder is reaching out to the installers about this issue.

gauge size of flashing? thanks

Where can we get that installation guide ?

I was hoping this video would show what blade to use to cut it and what type of nails to use to install it...

I have a current hardi plank install. It is only primed hardi because the installer lied and said my county did not allow color and then when I discovered the lie they said it would be another 5000 for the colored planks (I was already charged 34550 for 1700 square feet of siding installation). So only one has come to do the job which I am ok with but I don't think the job is being done correctly. There are gaps between the siding and the trim and I can place all my fingers between the bottom window gap and the window. There is also large gaps between the gable trim and the siding and some of the top peak siding if literally flapping out at the edges. The top of the horizontal trim also has a 1/4 gap. They don't include caulking with the job so I am sure they will tell me to just have the house caulked when I finally call to complain tomorrow. Oh, one last thing. The but joints have large gaps between them so they caulked them without using the joint flashing. Am I being unreasonable saying the job is being done incorrectly or is this how the install should be.

Where can I buy the materials in ct?

How did run around trim aorund pipe line and receptacles? I didn't see in you video. Excellent job man... Thanks