Hardiplank

[Chicken fried bacon 46]

I need to replace some Handiplank on my house.  Tell me what I need to know to discuss with the sales reps for the companies I have called.   Not going to do this myself.  

[dcbc 14570]

After a year or so of putting it off, I had some rotted siding abutting our roof replaced with hardiboard.  Best suggestion I could offer, depending on how big the job is is find a reliable one-dude carpetry type operation and get him to source the material.  The markup was almost nothing in our case and the labor was super reasonable.  Lining up a few projects for this guy in the future.  

[woohorn 1131]

I had some hardiplank on my gable (horizontal planks) split in half and wondered about the warranty.
Is it that great a product?

 

[pyrohornIII 4841]

They have made a lot strides in OSB type siding in the past years.  I use a little local lumberyard and he's been supporting something like the Louisiana Pacific Smartside Siding.

He is saying the dust off the Hardie Plank product is getting to be problematic.  "Stuff will kill you."   I think he means for installation.  Also the Hardie product doesn't have much texture, it's pretty bland, especially the 4x8 sheets.

I am looking at the shakes and shiplap siding for to replace some old vinyl siding. 

They also make soffit and fascia boards to match.

[Bernard 879]

LP Smartside is junk. Previous owner put some on the backside of my garage. I few hits from garbage can and shit is falling apart.

Bernard

[ROFL BOX 6650]

Smartside LP is crap.  It's the current version of Masonite, IMO.

Stick with fiber cement ("Hardie" as the common brand name). 

OP, where are you located?

[msbesq 388]

16 hours ago, woohorn said:

I had some hardiplank on my gable (horizontal planks) split in half and wondered about the warranty.
Is it that great a product?

 

True Hardiplank comes with a 50 year warranty. We’ve had ours for 20 years now without one problem. Great stuff.