Hardiepanel® Vertical Siding Product Description
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Information Product Product General Working Working Safely Cutting and Fastening Tools for Tools Requirements Installation General Requirements Fastener General Finishing and Maintenance Technology. Technology. ® Weather Barrier Weather HardieWrap ® Boards/Battens and Sierra HardiePanel 8. vertical HardieTrim ® ® product with ColorPlus with product ® © HardieSoffit Panels Smooth Cedarmill ® 109 HardiePlank Lap Siding ® HardieShingle Siding ® Vertical Siding Vertical HardiePanel Vertical Siding Product Description ® ® Appendix/ Glossary vertical siding is factory-primed fiber-cementvertical sidingavailable variety in a of sizes textures. and ® 2290 Report ESR-1844 & HardiePanel vertical siding is available as a prefinished James Hardie Stucco siding is 5/16 in. thick and is available in 4x8, 4x9 and 4x10 sizes. Please see your local thick in. and and James is 4x9 available 4x10 Hardie in 4x8, siding dealer is 5/16 for availability. size and texture The ColorPlus coating is a factory applied, baked oven finishavailable varietyon a of James Hardie siding andtrim accessories. and color products, of availability local dealer for See your products. Sierra 8 HardiePanel HardiePanel Examples include Cedarmill stucco, smooth, these of Textures are shown below. Installation of HardiePanel® Vertical Siding General Product Product Information Safely Note: James Hardie has a capillary break requirement when installing HardiePanel on a Multi-Family/ Working Working Commercial project. Please visit: www.jameshardiepros.com for further information. GETTING STARTED Tools for Tools Fastening Cutting and 12.1 Water resistive First locate the lowest point of the barrier sheathing or sill plate, and begin. installation on that wall. General Installation Requirements 1. Measure up from the sill plate the height of the panels at either end of the wall and snap a General Fastener straight, level chalk line between Requirements the marks as a reference line. That line is for guidance in positioning the top edge of the Maintenance Finishing and panels. Check the reference line ® with a 4 ft. level. 2. Starting on one end and working HardieWrap across the wall, measure and Weather Barrier Weather trim the first panel making sure ® that the edge falls in the middle of a stud. HardieTrim Boards/Battens 3. Using the chalk line as a guide ® along the panel’s top edge, carefully position the panel and Panels HardieSoffit secure it with suitable fasteners and fastener spacing for the ® particular application as noted in the ESR-1844. Panel edges land in the middle of a stud. Lap Siding HardiePlank 4. As installation continues, check ® TIP: It is common practice to mark panels the vertical edge of each panel for cutting with a chalk line. Blue chalk is with a 4 ft. level. Check each panel recommended because it washes off. Red Siding with a 4 ft. level chalk is considered permanent and may HardieShingle bleed through lighter colored paints. ® 12.2 HardiePanel Vertical Siding Vertical TIP: Install flashing over TIP: For Sierra 8 the footing/foundation and panels, double extend the panel over the studs at each Glossary Appendix/ flashing just below the sill panel joint plate. Do not extend siding allows fasten- beyond the required grade ers to be placed clearances. outside of panel grooves. ESR-1844 & 2290 Report 110 Information Product Product General Working Working Safely VERTICAL JOINT TREATMENT ® 12.3 12.4 Treat vertical joints in HardiePanel 2 Caulked joint Cutting and 1 Moderate contact joint Fastening vertical siding by using one of the 1/8 in. gap left between for Tools panels is filled with caulk. following four methods: Panels are butted together lightly. (not applicable with ColorPlus) 1. Install the panels in Requirements Installation moderate contact. General 2. Leave an appropriate gap between panels (1/8 in. is the most common), and caulk Requirements Fastener General using a high-quality paintable caulk, that meets ASTM C-834 or C-920 requirements. (Not Note: The following outlines the recommended applications for ColorPlus and Finishing and recommended for ColorPlus) Primed panels. Not all designs will be suitable for every application: Maintenance • Exposed fasteners or battens is the recommended application for ColorPlus products Panels may be installed first with • Do not use touch-up over fastener heads for smooth ColorPlus products - primed panel caulk applied in the joints after recommended Weather Barrier Weather • For ColorPlus panel applications that require fasteners in the field, it is acceptable to HardieWrap installation; or as an option, after use touch-up over fasteners for Cedarmill and Stucco panel only, but correct touch-up the first panel is installed, apply a application is important. Some colors may show touch-up when applied over fasteners. Trim is recommended to cover joints when appropriate. bead of caulk along the panel edge. ® 12.5 12.6 When the next panel is installed 3 Battened joint 4 H-Channel joint Boards/Battens HardieTrim against the first, the edge embeds HardieTrim® batten board covers A manufactured H-channel captures the joint between panels. in the applied caulk creating a the vertical edges of the panels. thorough seal between the edges ® of the panels. HardieSoffit Panels ! WARNING ® HardiePlank The caulk joint method is Lap Siding not recommended for the ColorPlus® products ® 3. Vertical joints may be covered HARDIEPANEL SIDING FASTENER SPECIFICATIONS HardieShingle with wood or fiber-cement The Fastener Specifications table shows fastener options for a variety of different nailing substrates. Please Siding refer to the applicable ESR report online (see back page) to determine which fastener meets your wind load batten strips. If James Hardie® Fastening Approved Fastener Fastening Types siding or trim products are Substrate ® 1 6d4d Vertical Siding Vertical ripped and used as batten 16 in o.c. 1 2 5 9 .113 in x .267 in x 1.5 in common HardiePanel strips, paint or prime the cut 2 6d edges. Batten strips should wood .113 in x .267 in x 2 in common studs ® span the vertical joint by at least 5 ring shank siding nail ¾ .091 in. x .225 in x 1.5 in Appendix/ in. on each side. 24 in o.c. 1 2 9 Glossary 4. Metal or PVC “H” moldings can 9 roofing nail No. 11ga 1.25 in long be used to join two sections of 2290 Report HardiePanel siding. 7 screw ESR-1844 & steel 16 in o.c or 7 13 TIP: Stainless steel fasteners are Ribbed Bugle-Head No. 8 (.323 in x 1 in) studs 24 in o.c. screw recommended when installing 13 ET&F James Hardie products. [AKN100-0150NA] 111 .100 in x .25 in x 1.5 in Installation of HardiePanel® Vertical Siding (cont.) General Product Product Information Safely Working Working HORIZONTAL JOINT TREATMENT 12.7 1 Simple horizontal joint In some applications such as Water-resistive barrier Upper panel multi-story structures or at gable Water-resistive Tools for Tools barrier Fastening ends, it may be necessary to stack Cutting and HardiePanel® siding. The horizontal joints created between panels must Upper panel be flashed properly to minimize General 6mm (¼ in) Installation Requirements water penetration. Treat horizontal Gap panel joints by using one of the Flashing following methods: General Fastener 1. After installing the lower course Requirements Lower panel of panel siding, install vinyl or Don’t caulk gap coated aluminum “Z” flashing at between flashing and upper panel. the top edge of the panel. Make Lower panel Maintenance Finishing and sure that the flashing is sloped away from the wall and does ® 12.8 2 Band-board joint not rest flat on the top edge of Water-resistive barrier Upper panel the panel. Install the second Water-resistive HardieWrap barrier Weather Barrier Weather level or gable panels leaving a Upper panel Don’t caulk ® ¼ in. minimum gap between the gap between bottom of the panel and the Z flashing and upper panel. flashing. This gap should never 6mm (¼ in) HardieTrim Gap Boards/Battens be caulked. Flashing ® 2. As an alternative, if a horizontal Lower panel Panels band board is used at the Decorative HardieSoffit horizontal joint, flashing must band board ® extend over the panel edge and trim attachment. Flashing for Decorative Lap Siding both treatments must slip behind HardiePlank band board the water-resistive barrier. ® TIP: For best looking installation of HardiePanel Select Sierra 8 siding, carefully align Siding vertical panel grooves at 1st to 2nd story or gable junctures. HardieShingle ® ! WARNING Do not bridge floors with panel siding. A horizontal joint shall always be created between floors. HardiePanel Vertical Siding Vertical TIP: For the most symmetrical looking wall, plan the installation so that a full panel is centered on the wall or gable with equal-size Glossary Appendix/ panels cut for each end. As an alternative, plan the installation so that a full panel is located on either side of the wall center, again leaving equal-size panels on each end. These strategies might entail a center- ed framing layout. Choose the strategy that looks the best and uses material most efficiently. ESR-1844 & 2290 Report 112 Information Product Product General Working Working Safely WINDOWS, DOORS, AND OTHER WALL PENETRATIONS 12.9 Cutting and 1 Install ¼ in thick shim 2 Install flashing over the shim and Fastening In panel installations, trim is for Tools under the water-resistive barrier. typically overlaid on top of the over the window. panel. Special attention needs to be paid to trim flashing at the Requirements Installation tops of openings. Below is one General method for properly flashing trim in a panel application: Requirements Fastener 1. After installing the window, cut General and install a ¼ in thick shim above the window. The shim should be the same width as the Finishing and Maintenance trim, and it should be as long as the width of the window. 2. Over the shim, install flashing Weather Barrier Weather wide enough to cover thickness HardieWrap of the trim and long enough to cover the trim head piece.