James Hardee lap siding.
Once painted looks exactly like real wood with out all the draw backs of wood.
Once painted looks exactly like real wood with out all the draw backs of wood.
But that is a lot more expensive than $110 a square though isn't it?James Hardee lap siding.
Once painted looks exactly like real wood with out all the draw backs of wood.
you did it correct then, like i mentioned it comes down to a correct install. a ton of people are installing only a handful are doing it correct. the only issue we have had with harti was getting the color match caulking for a job.. the house we did was extremely popular at the time and the supplier wasnt able to get the color match caulking to us until 8 months after we finished the job.. fortunate for us when we install fibre cement we back caulk our siding where it meets trimWow. Hardie board not available on east coast? I'm in OR and we use tons of it every week. I did my first installation almost 10 years ago and the paint is still just fine. Of course we followed the directions with felt paper flashing behind each butt joint and LOTS of caulk.
Why not use paintable caulk? The siliconized acryllic seems to work very well and is paintable.you did it correct then, like i mentioned it comes down to a correct install. a ton of people are installing only a handful are doing it correct. the only issue we have had with harti was getting the color match caulking for a job.. the house we did was extremely popular at the time and the supplier wasnt able to get the color match caulking to us until 8 months after we finished the job.. fortunate for us when we install fibre cement we back caulk our siding where it meets trim
Well, we agree on most of it except I don't like the look of the hardie pre-finsih. So I paint.hardie wont warrenty the install if you caulk butt joints, they want it left open and a flashing in behind . it can be scraps of aluminum coil stock or simply tar paper
as for painting the caulking no... harti comes prefinished so they make caulking that matches it. once the siding is on the wall all siding meeting corner, window and door trim must be caulked. except for at the top of windows and doors so to allow any water thats behind the siding to be able to run out on top of hte flashing .. once its caulked your done no touch up with paint