3 Common Installation Issues with James Hardie Siding

Can you elobrate for the hardie panel. Same advice?

Hardie siding is subpar for all the reasons shown in this video. This is not a product that, when installed correctly, is good. It is inherently the wrong type of material for clapboard style siding. You get what you pay for, and in a situation like clapboard siding, what you should pay for is Cedar.

Great info! Thanks!

Hardie board is crap

Clifton - Installing Hardie board right now. We have had to have some pin nailing as well. Is is a Hardie requirement to have the small holes caused by the pin nailing filled with the Hardie kit application squeeze bottle (as mentioned in a few other comments) where a single drop of color matched paint is applied? Thanks.

I recently moved to Texas close to Houston. And man the work they do out here is trash.

This is just an ad. bad

Can you post a video of a colorplus job you have done

THE HOUSE HAS CHICKENPOX

So-called "professionals" want a MINT for their labor.

DI Yourselfers do better work than this. I just bet a so-called "professional" did this SHODDY work. How much?

Hello there, my builder is just about to start the installation of my Hardie Board siding & told me the other day that if the material isn't painted after application it voids the warranty, has anyone else heard of that ? (locaton is in NW Ontario Canada.) Thanks.

I’ve been installing siding for 42 years, vinyl and cement fiber. I install aluminum strips behind each butt joint and overlap the row below, just like they use to do with the old cement shingle siding. (Tar strips) No caulking of but joints necessary, and no water penetration possible.

Everyone of those pinbacks near the corners will be broken in a year.

Pos material

The absolute main concern is siders who don't prime and paint the cut edges before installation. If you leave cut edges exposed they will suck moisture from rainfall and snow sitting against those areas.

To those familiar with the cement board product this video was spot on but to someone trying to understand you need a visual comparison of acceptable vs unacceptable on same video to simplify the educational process! Some of us have no clue without yet another visual!

attaching downspout straps to hardie board siding, what screws?

What do I use to fill in nail holes and repairs before paint?

You basically complain but don't show how to properly install what others did wrong in any of your videos. Get yourself a Hardie manual, read it, learn the how tos and stop hating on others.

I came close to having Cement Fiber Siding on my home but decided against it due to concerns in cracking, moisture, expansion, and at top of the list earthquakes. If someone can show me some positive data concerning my concerns I may revisit the idea of Cement Fiber Board siding.

So what happens when your house ends up like this one shown? Does it all get taken off and corrected by another installer?

Gave a thumbs down, I watched to learn, and didn't learn. WHAT CLEARANCE are you talking about, and why is caulk not the best practice? Maybe explain these points in next video for a thumbs up.

Have any of you used ben moore 100% acrylic exterior paint on your Hardie board? Did it hold up well? Or did you have any problems?

Question: I have heard that here in New England, Hardie siding expands and contracts a lot with our wild weather swings, leaving noticeable gaps. Does this apply to vertical siding, as well. I am interested in using board and batten on some commercial real estate we own in a highly visible area. Thanks!

I wonder how installing this product on a rain screen would change up the requirements for gaps above penetrations or box outs? Would seem like the required 1/4" gap would be of minimal concern if you water could run down to the bottom and escape there.

It's not their fault the paint doesn't match, you're supposed to pin it back

I have 19 year old Hardie plank and Hardie individual shingles (old pattern) on my house. I caulked the butt joints and caulked above the trim blocks of the hose bibs and lights with OSI Quad and have had very little issues. The butt joint caulk needs a little touch up every 7 years or so, but otherwise I see no problem at all. Live in western WA with 55 inches of rain a year and often have weeks of winter with 99% humidity outside. I paint it every 10 years with Sherwin Williams Duration. Good product, even when not installed to ever-changing specs. edit: I face nailed many planks and shingles to get it to lay flat using 15ga. finish nails set deep and caulked over - no issues nearly 2 decades later.

Mine seems to be loose. If I go around and tap on it, the siding clicks and clacks against the one underneath it. Should it all be very secure?

this siding is junk made a mistake purchasing this instead of lp smartside ,James Hardie is brittle for being fiber cement it needs to be water proofed like crazy its like water cant touch this stuff only paint layer protecting it, left some pieces out in yard after install 3 weeks of rain/sun laying on ground this stuff just breaks apart like nothing. definitely don't feel good about this investment dont think it will make it anywhere near as the original lp/wood siding my house had.

Clifton,
Great education video.

Cheers,
Eric

So an installer told me that JH says they should also face nail when on 1/2 OSB. Is that your understanding? I certainly do not want touch up paint over nail heads at every joint area

What about the cocking in the joints. I think you Miss out made a mention something about it. To me needs to be cocking too.

Glorified cardboard! Wouldn't install it on my dogs house.

Would have been great to have a pic of what it should look like.

Since you don't mention the gaps between the boards, is it safe to assume that's normal? Just got my house done and while many of the joints are totally flush and smooth and unnoticeable, there are also many small gaps all over the place, similar to what I see behind you in the video, and in some places the boards are also very slightly misaligned. If this is normal, that's fine, but if it's not I want to be sure to speak up about it!

Fiber cement blows out the back when nailed

So you're telling me if you leave that quarter inch Gap above the drip cap the water is not going to run behind the siding and leak in I think it is I would clock that I would leave a gap but I would call it from behind so the water can't get in there and get behind the siding

I'm about to install this on my clients house and I'm afraid I may be a chevy installer. I'm scared..... I'm on my thousandth u tube video

Are the seams between siding planks supposed to be caulking? Seems like water can get in there

What do you recommend for attaching Comcast cable to exterior of Hardie Plank!

With all due respect, Hardies install specs are like New Orleans weather, give it a minute and it will
Change. It’s a great product, but they set installers up for failure because many specs leave a less than desirable finish.

Vinyl is final!

The Hardi Plank siding,, pre coloured,, was originally sold with both the touch up paint AND the broad nose applicator. that Hardi applicator left touch up marks exactly as you see there. The new applicator is a tiny tip. It delivers a single drop of paint for the nail heads. Throw the old broad applicators away.

We just going to ignore the perfectly in-line joint three rows up from each other? Looks terrible

Why the heck would someone buy a product with such a complicated install?

Hardie touchups are not great at all. Never truly match in color.

Soooo... just gonna pass right over that flashing being short or you didnt notice?