Installation Instructions
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTION
FOR
OFF STUD JOINERS
FiberCementSidingcanbejoinedoff‐studusingthespeciallydesignedmetaljoiner.
OFF STUD JOINER
Theverticaljointsoftheplanksshalloccurattheframingmembersorbetweentheframingmemberswhenan
offstudjoinerisplacedontheplankend.Theoffstudjoinerispositionedsothatthebottomlipisrestingonthe
adjacentsolidcourseofplanks.The
plankisthenfastenedtotheframing.Theabuttingplankispositionedand
fastenedintoplaceinsuringthattheloweredgesofthetwoplanksalign.Theoffstudjoinerislocatedcentrallyover
thejoint.Restrictionsontheoffstudjoinerlocationsarefollows:
a) Allsplicesshallbe
locatedaminimumoftwostudcavitiesfromwallcorner.
b) Successivespliceswithinthesameplankcourseshallbelocatednocloserthan48”from
oneanother.
c) Allsplicesshallbestaggeredatminimum2‐footintervalswhenlocatedinthesamewall
cavity.
d) Splicesshall
beatleastonestudcavityawayfromdooropenings.