Full Product Manual

General
Product
Information
Tools for
Cutting and
Fastening
General
Installation
Requirements
General
Fastener
Requirements
Finishing and
Maintenance
HardieTrim
®
Boards/Battens
HardieWrap
®
Weather Barrier
HardieSoffit
®
Panels
HardiePlank
®
Lap Siding
HardieShingle
®
Siding
HardiePanel
®
Vertical Siding
ESR-1844 &
2290 Report
Appendix/
Glossary
Working
Safely
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8.15 8.16
Double board
OUTSIDE CORNERS
TIP: When pre-assembling
exterior corners using
HardieTrim boards,
position the finish nailer parallel
with the trim
Single board
INSIDE CORNERS
Inside corners can be made with either a
single HardieTrim board in the corner, or
with one board on each wall depending
on the desired look.
Keep weather cuts at least
12 in. apart on adjacent
corner boards.
Keep nails at
least 1 in. from
ends and
3
/4 in
from edges.
Water-resistive
barrier
Angle slopes down
and to the outside.
Join lengths of boards
with angled cuts
at least 22.5°
Use only 2 in. 16-ga. finish nails to
pre-assemble HardieTrim 5/4 boards corners.
!
Two nails in each face attach
the corner to the building.
Water-resistive
barrier
16 in.
(max.)
Keep nails
at least 1 in.
from ends
and
3
/4 in
from edges.
Pre-built corner
installation 4 in. boards
Weather cuts
A pair of nails (one in each face)
attach the corner to the building.
Pre-built corner
installation 6 in. boards
16 in.
(max.)
Corners made from HardieTrim
®
boards can be
pre-assembled before they’re installed. Pre-
assembled corners look better and generally
make the installation go more quickly. To join
two pieces of HardieTrim boards for a corner,
drive 2 in. 16 ga. corrosion-resistant finish nails
½ in from the edge and spaced 16 in. apart
along the edge.
To fasten 4 in. corners to the wall, drive a pair
of finish nails or siding nails, (one nail into each
face of the corner) with the nails spaced 16 in
apart. For 6 in. corners, drive a pair of finish
nails or siding nails into each face spaced 16
in apart. Nails should be kept 3/4 in from the
edges of the board and 1 in. from the ends.
When walls are more than 10 ft high, splice
corner boards together using weather cuts
of at least a 22.5° angle. The angle of the
weather cut must slope downward and away
from the building. Then nail both boards to the
building with the same attachment schedule
as for pre-assembled corners, except that 4 in.
HardieTrim boards that should get two nails per
side every 16 in James Hardie recommends
installing trim using the “Butt-to” method
(required for HZ
™
product zones). “Trim over”
is permitted in HZ10
®
product zones only.
NOTE: All weather cut joints
should be touched up prior to
installation.
8.17
8.18
WARNING