Installation Guide

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General
Product
Information
Working
Safely
Tools for
Cutting and
Fastening
General
Installation
Requirements
General
Fastener
Requirements
Finishing and
Maintenance
HardieTrim®
Boards/Battens
HardieWrap®
Weather Barrier
HardieSoffit®
Panels
HardiePlank®
Lap Siding
HardieShingle
®
Siding
HardiePanel
®
Vertical Siding
ESR-1844 &
2290 Report
Appendix/
Glossary
COLORPLUS TIP: HardiePlank lap siding
with ColorPlus Technology is shipped with a
protective laminate slip sheet, which should
be left in place during cutting and fastening
to reduce marring and scratching. The sheet
should be removed immediately after each
plank is installed.
Once the initial course of HardiePlank
®
siding is fastened to the wall, continue
installing successive courses with full
12-ft. pieces (follow the stagger pattern
for longer walls), or until a window, door
or other opening interrupts the course
(fig 10.12). Notch planks as needed to
fit around windows and doors. Again,
be sure to seal all cut edges. Avoid
placing butt joints directly above or below
windows or above doors. Separate the
joint from the opening by at least one
course of siding.
Where butt joints land on a stud, make
sure there is enough stud space for
plank on both sides of the joint to land
properly. Optimally both sides of a butt
joint should land in the middle of a stud
with
3
/4 in. landing space for each side.
The minimum stud space for a plank to
land is
3
/8 in.
Pay special attention to window,
doors, and corners that have been
trimmed before the siding goes on.
Vertical trim boards may cover the king
CONTINUING THE INSTALLATION
Keep butt joints more
than one course away
from top of window.
Add an extra stud if nec-
essary for nailing the ends
of the planks.
Planking around windows
Notch plank
around window
trim and ashing.
Siding gable walls can be challenging, and some of the keys to siding gable walls efficiently are determining the
angle or pitch of the roof, properly staging materials, and ensuring that the plank lengths are measured accurately.
To estimate the amount of siding needed to complete a gable end, use the estimating tools located in Appendix C.
Stage enough material on the pump jacks or scaffolding to complete the gable end, but take care not to
overload the staging. When possible, a cut table should be located on the pump jacks or scaffolding, which frees
up crew members to work on other walls.
INSTALLING HARDIEPLANK
®
SIDING ON GABLE WALLS
studs beside windows or doors, or they may cover up corner studs leaving no room for nailing the siding. In these
places add extra studs as needed.
If corners are trimmed with HardieTrim
®
5/4, 4/4 boards, it may be necessary to measure and cut the first pieces of
siding to make sure the butt joints land on studs.
10.12
Installation of HardiePlank
®
Lap Siding (continued)