Installation Instructions

LAP SIDING | Basic Installaon Guide
For complete installaon instrucons, go to www.allurausa.com
DON’TsDOs
1
BEFORE
YOU BEGIN
• Use these ps as a guide, not as a replacement for the Allura
Fiber Cement Installaon Manual which can be downloaded
at www.allurausa.com under the Resources Tab in the
Technical secon. Review the manual in its enrety and all
applicable building codes prior to installaon.
• Wear appropriate safety equipment—dust mask or
respirator, eye protecon, hard hat, and cut-resistant
gloves as appropriate.
• Do not install quesonable
product. Contact Allura
Consumer Service at
1-844-625-5872
• Lap siding must be installed to structural framing when using
non-structural sheathing, builder board, foam-type sheathings
and gypsum board.
• Siding must be applied over a water-resistant barrier
in accordance with local building code.
• Do not fasten ber cement
siding over non-structural
sheathing thicker than 1"
without re-establishing a
structural fastening surface.
SHEATHING
& WRAPS
3
STORAGE &
HANDLING
• Keep siding covered, o the ground on a clean, at, and level
surface that is protected from direct exposure to weather.
• Carry lap siding by
its narrow edge.
• Never install siding that is wet.
2
CUTTING
• Do not score and snap
ber cement.
• Do not cut ber cement
without proper venlaon.
4
• Use appropriate personal protecve equipment (PPE).
Refer to the Fiber Cement Installaon 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 siding face down.
• When cung Allura Fiber Cement Lap Siding with Allura ColorMax
®
nish, leave the protecve lm on the siding unl it is nailed to the
substrate, then remove before applying the next course.
Face down
5
FASTENERS
• We recommend using corrosion resistant double hot-dipped
galvanized or stainless steel nails.
• Do not use D-head nails,
staples, nishing nails and/or
construcon adhesives to
install ber cement siding.
Ring Shank
Siding Nail
Roong
Nail
Siding
Nail
Ribbed Wafer
Head Screw