Lastspikemike Hardie plank is just fibre reinforced cement board. It has very little structural strength. Basically, it's the stucco version of drywall. Wavy substrate will get you wavy Hardie plank. Paint it and you void the warranty. Construction litigation is something I do.
Hardie plank is just fibre reinforced cement board. It has very little structural strength.
Basically, it's the stucco version of drywall.
Wavy substrate will get you wavy Hardie plank.
Paint it and you void the warranty.
Construction litigation is something I do.
What are you talking about? HardiePlank comes primed for field painting or painted.
No smart person buys it prepainted.
I have been installing HardiePlank since before they even offered it primed or prepainted.
The pictures of my house, that is the 1997 paint job with Sherwin Williams Superpaint. Those pictures were taken just a little more than a year ago.
https://app.photobucket.com/u/carrollhome/a/bfdbd701-abf4-4d5f-bb20-786bbc5599c9
How many houses have you installed HardiePlank on?
Sheldon
SeeYou190I don't have a fireplace so I don't have a horse in this race, but I can't stand to see a big screen TV over a fireplace.
The big TV in the living room is a perfect height for serious TV watching and I agree, TVs over the fireplace are horrible. That being said the TV in the family room which is part of the kitchen has the TV over the fireplace, however, that is where all the dogs are and it is a gong show as far as trying to watch anything so it doesn't matter to me as I rarely watch anything in there. We also have a big screen in the master BR and another in the guest room if I really need to escape. The mega sound system is in the LR though.
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
LastspikemikeHardie plank is just fibre reinforced cement board. It has very little structural strength.
I had a greenhouse built adjoining the house. I wanted a good, solid and moisture-proof surface on what was formerly an outside wall. I knew the greenhouse was going to be damp and hot most of the time.
I chose Hardiboard textured sheet. When I bought it they offered a 4' x 10' panel, I don't know if they still carry that? It is dead-flat. I painted it. Didn't know I voided the "warranty" by doing that!
In eleven years it hasn't shown one bit of wear, fade, buckle, cracking or mold.
LastspikemikeConstruction litigation is something I do.
Why does that not surprise me
Warmest Regards, Ed
Ed, if you buy HardiePlank prepainted, your warranty on the paint finish ends the first time you repaint it. That's obvious.
If you buy any of the primed products, you need to paint it to have a warranty, within 90 days of installation if I recall.
The prepainted product is not the best way to buy/install the product. The lapped siding gets caulked like wood siding, the caulk colors never match, no matter how careful you are it is hard to not scuff the prepainted finish during the install. Then what do you do? Have ugly touch up spots?
Hardie offers it prepainted because some people want it that way, not because it is the best way to install the product.
I've put this stuff on a lot of houses over the last 25 years. In fact painting it is one of Hardies advertising points, that you can change the color if you change your mind, unlike vinyl which is "final" when it comes to color.
ATLANTIC CENTRALthe caulk colors never match
I bought three very expensive tubes of "color matched" caulk, from the same manufacturer, that was supposed to match the tile grout in my bathroom.
It did not match. It was also not easy to work with.
I scraped it out and just used white Alex Plus.
-Kevin
Living the dream.