Replacing Aluminum Siding With Hardiplank

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.

Replacing aluminum siding with hardiplank.

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. It was time to replace the aluminum siding. 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.

However it does still require some maintenance. We said aluminum was low maintenance. 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. 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.

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. The main issue with. Here is a peek at our damaged hardie board.