Comments on: Small Changes to the Elevation

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:27:01 +0000

You should look at the Hardie planks again. The planks (in both cedarmill and smooth) have a uniform thickeness from the top edge of the plank to the bottom edge of 5/16″. If you look at the cut end of a plank it is a rectangle 5/16 high by whatever width you choose. It doesn’t have a bevel or a rabbet . It is basically the same as taking a sheet of hardie panel and ripping it like you were thinking. Our local Lowes carries the cedarmill planks as a stock item, if you want to see them in person try a Lowes or HD.

By: creede

creede — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:26:30 +0000

Thanks Ron. That is the Lap Siding, I don’t think it would work for the application that we are doing. Since we are doing a rainscreen, none of the pieces will overlap eachother, so the extra little lap edge would look funny.

By: Ron

Ron — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:07:04 +0000

Both cedarmill and smooth in 9.25 as well as 12 inch.

http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/prodhome/hardiplank.php

By: creede

creede — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:54:55 +0000

No kiding ron. I searched all over the Hardie website, and I couldn’t find it anywhere. Do you have a link? That would be super helpful.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:55:05 +0000

Regular Hardie plank comes in 9.25 inch widths, so you could get closer to yopur original design.

By: creede

creede — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:36:27 +0000

Yea, I know it’s not too bad to cut. I have all the stuff already. I just cringe at the thought of lifting that many 4×10 panels around. Plus the tolerances are super tight, if you were out a 1/32 anywhere it would show. And after all that work, you would still have to do the painting. So really it comes out to be more than a couple of hours, plus the cost of special blades for cutting and paint. In the end I think the price difference looks a lot less.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:51:54 +0000

Hardi panel is pretty easy to cut if you have the right saw. One of those 3 or 4 tooth blades. If you are all cutting them the same size, you can build a jig or do it on a table saw and be done with the entire pile in just a couple hours, less if you have a helper.

By: creede

creede — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:02:29 +0000

The hardi trim is a little more expensive, not sure of exact numbers. But you can get it pre painted and it is the right width, so its almost a no brainer at this point. We are still doing a rain screen. It will be 30 lb felt, with ice and water at the base, then vertical furring strips painted black, and then the hardi trim with a 1/16″ or so reveal between boards.

By: rjr

rjr — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:05:25 +0000

Saving all that cutting would be nice. What is the cost difference between hardipanel and harditrim?
(I bought some 4′x8′ hardipanel sheets for $25 and 4′x10′ for about $35 at homedepot.)
And do you still plan to do some type of rainscreen set up. Are you just putting tyvec on the osb then furring strips on that, then hardi?