Fiber cement boards can be purchased ready to install in a wide range of beautiful colors and stains.
Fibre cement fiber cement board installation details.
Once cut to length minus the recommended wiggle room attach each trim piece by driving nails through it the house wrap and the sheathing and into wood framing.
Everest heavy duty fibre cement board is compressed in a 12000 mt hydraulic press to make it compact and rigid.
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If you re hanging fiber cement siding you ll typically use fiber cement trim from the same manufacturer on areas like inward and outward corners.
In general use nails that penetrate the studs at least 1 in.
As with all sidings that produce dust best practices include dust masks and tools which minimize the amount of dust produced when cutting the siding.
Drive the nailheads snug against the fiber cement board.
If driven too deep the heads will crush the fiber cement board and reduce the nail s holding power.
A nail driven into the edge of a fiber cement board will split it.
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There are even tools which allow for a dust free installation.
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Don t nail fiber cement corners together photo 4.