How To Repair Hardi Lap Siding With Hidden Fastner

This piece will lap over the bottom board.

How to repair hardi lap siding with hidden fastner.

James hardie prefers and recommends installation of hardieplank lap siding by the blind nailing technique such that fasteners are hidden by the course above. Hardieplank is a cement lap siding product used on commercial and residential exteriors and is designed for very low maintenance and a long useful life. Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in. Hardie siding requires a minimum 2 gap from all hard surfaces like decks or rooflines and at least 8 from any soft surfaces like grass dirt or gravel.

As its name lap implies an upper siding board laps over the board below it by 1 to 2 inches. In other installations nails are driven into the upper portion of the boards so they will be hidden by the succeeding piece. The term applies to a nailing screwing method for joining hardieplank planks to hide nail or screw fasteners. Learn how to nail hardieplank lap siding with this instructional video from james hardie.

Follow the recommendations of your siding manufacturer. In certain installations nails are driven through the bottom of the siding leaving the heads exposed. During my time working for james hardie i very rarely got calls from homeowners that wanted to submit a warranty claim for their hardie siding. Most lap siding is beveled meaning that the bottom edge is thicker than the top.

Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in. From the ends of the plank. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in.

James hardie prefers and recommends installation of hardieplank lap siding by the blind nailing technique such that fasteners are hidden by the course above. Learn how to pin back corners with hardieplank lap siding to tackle bows in the wall or siding that is not laying down the wall with this instructional video. Use a number 8 1 1 4 inch long by 0 375 inch wide hd ribbed wafer head or equivalent screw on steel studs.