Replacing Aluminum Siding With Hardiplank

It was time to replace the aluminum siding with james hardie fiber cement siding.

Replacing aluminum siding with hardiplank.

It was time to replace the aluminum siding. After building a highly insulated curtain wall to protect the home from energy loss jeff is ready to replace the 50 year old aluminum siding that was slapped on to the home s original redwood shell with an eco friendly option. We said aluminum was low maintenance. The james hardie company makers of hardieplank recommends the use of a cement patch product made of an acrylic mortar compound for patching their siding products.

After all there are precious few construction materials that allow you to simply forget about them while they continue to look as good as they did on the day they were manufactured. A couple purchased their colonial style home just a few years ago but the siding was stuck in the 1980s. Hardieplank is a cement lap siding product used on commercial and residential exteriors and is designed for very low maintenance and a long useful life. A few years ago we were headed on a little family vacay it seemed a million things needed to be done before we could get out of town.

Like when your hardie board gets messed up and you don t fix it until you decide to write a post called how to repair hardie board siding. The problem with aluminum siding. Though it is a tough wearing product the surface of the siding can sometimes be damaged during installation by unusual wear or by impact.