Certainteed Fiber Cement Siding Installation

Siding butt joint treatment.

Certainteed fiber cement siding installation.

Fiber cement siding or call 800 999 3654. Jaime prefers to use the vinyl mounting blocks typically used with vinyl siding. Please print this document by clicking the print icon in the web viewer. Certainteed fiber cement siding litigation mdl docket no.

Click here to learn more from certainteed. 6 clearances xx hold back siding a minimum of 6 above the finished grade. The installation went well and produced the vibrant exterior that the architect and ponderosa fire department desired. Both certainteed and jameshardie as of september 2008 have made clear that siding butt joint gaps should never be made that is.

I really like how the certainteed fiber cement siding looks on the building says tony spitzenberger assistant fire chief of the ponderosa fire department. Do not deliberately leave butt joint gaps in fiber cement lap siding and that they do not recommend caulking field cut butt joints in their board type fiber cement siding products. To improve the appearance of these open gaps at butt joints in lap siding installations where their fiber cement lap siding was used certainteed recommends installing h covers at the joint locations. They re cheaper and easy to install and you can cut the proper size hole in a plastic mounting block with a utility knife or a snips.

The builder and i were talking about it and i want to put it. If your property is located in canada and the fiber cement siding was installed between january 1 1999 and july 1 2016 visit www certainteedsettlement ca or call 1 866 482 5436. Fiber cement siding warranty information. Xx allow a minimum of 1 2 above roof lines porches decks etc.

Xx do not install fiber cement directly in contact with surfaces that collect water. Most fiber cement manufacturers make mounting blocks for lights electrical receptacles a c lines pvc venting etc. We tried a sample h flashing product too short for actual use and found it was difficult to install and risked cosmetic damage to the siding.