Installation Instructions
PANEL | Basic Installaon Guide
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DON’TsDOs
1
BEFORE
YOU BEGIN
• Use these ps as a guide, not as a replacement for the Allura
Fiber Cement Installaon Manual which can be downloaded
at www.allurausa.com under the Resources Tab in the
Technical secon. Review the manual in its enrety and all
applicable building codes prior to installaon.
• Wear appropriate safety equipment—dust mask or
respirator, eye protecon, hard hat, and cut-resistant
gloves as appropriate.
• Do not install quesonable
product. Contact Allura
Consumer Service at
1-844-625-5872
• Vercal panel must be installed to structural framing when
using non-structural sheathing, builder board, foam-type
sheathings and gypsum board.
• Panel must be applied over a water-resistant barrier
in accordance with local building code.
• Do not fasten ber cement
panel over non-structural
sheathing thicker than 1"
without re-establishing a
structural fastening surface.
SHEATHING
& WRAPS
3
5
FASTENERS
• We recommend using non-corrosive, double hot-dipped
galvanized or stainless steel nails.
• Do not use D-head nails,
staples, nishing nails and/or
construcon adhesives to
install ber cement panel.
Ring Shank
Siding Nail
Roong
Nail
Siding
Nail
STORAGE &
HANDLING
• Keep panel covered, o the ground on a clean,
at, and level surface that is protected
from direct exposure to weather.
• Carry panel by
its narrow edge.
• Never install panel that is wet.
2
CUTTING
• Do not score and snap
ber cement.
• Do not cut ber cement
without proper venlaon.
4
• Use appropriate personal protecve equipment (PPE).
Refer to the Fiber Cement Installaon Manual for details.
• Cut ber cement outdoors when possible.
• Use a polycrystalline diamond-pped ber cement blade
for circular, miter, and table saws.
• When using a circular saw or mechanical shears, cut ber
cement panel face down.
• When cung Allura Fiber Cement Panel with Allura
ColorMax
®
nish, leave the protecve lm on the panel
unl it is nailed to the substrate, then remove before
applying the next course.
Ribbed Wafer
Head Screw