Cutting Hardie Plank Siding

Use the score and the snap tools.

Cutting hardie plank siding.

Place your hardiebacker cement board on a flat surface and mark your cuts with a straight edge. Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding. The easiest method to cut the hardie board is that you spot the surface and break the sheet along the marked line. If you re using our quarter inch board you can score along the provided grid lines.

When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. Here s how to perform a straight cut on your hardiebacker cement board. Score along your straight edge applying firm pressure as you go. To cut this type of.

While they are said to outlast traditional wood siding and present a more traditional wood siding look they are very different from any other siding or trim product on the market. Hardie board is a type of siding constructed of cement fibers by james hardie building products inc. These two products are from the james hardie company. Hardie siding and trim.

This is the same way of cutting the drywall. In fact you could use a utility knife or a carbide tipped scoring equipment in order to spot the line.