Hardyboard Or Wire For Siding

Hardieplank is available as ready to paint or with a color layer.

Hardyboard or wire for siding. A durable material made of portland cement silica and wood fiber hardieplank stands up to weather insects and rot. We ve been providing a better way to build for over 100 years. James hardie is the world leader in fiber cement siding and backerboard. This siding is completely rot and insect resistant and can even handle salt spray from the ocean.

Advantages over wood and vinyl. Manufactured by james hardie hardieplank siding is a fibrous cement based product. As the inventor and largest manufacturer of modern cement board siding james hardie s hardie board product has become synonymous with fiber cement siding and is well known to siding contractors. Let s look at the installation cost pros and cons.

Color options are virtually unlimited. For many people hardie board is to fiber cement siding as kleenex is to facial tissues. The product we typically consider to be traditional hardboard siding is a relatively inexpensive material that is easy to install. The siding is fire resistant providing a high level of protection for a home.

Devoloped by james hardie hardie board is a siding made of fiber cement. In addition it can cost between 25 percent to 50 percent more than vinyl but less costly than wood. Cement is combined with sand water and cellulose wood fibers to make a solid building material well suited for protecting the exterior of a building. Hardie board siding can be made to mimic just about any other siding material including wood lap boards cedar shingles and wood shake siding.