Replacing Asphalt Siding

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Replacing asphalt siding.

This asphalt siding is an ingenious product. Here s a closeup shot of the side of an inselbric panel. James hardie hardiepanel sierra 8 cedarmill vertical siding james hardie hardiepanel sierra 8 cedarmill vertical siding is a fiber cement siding designed to mimic the look of real wood siding with less maintenance better wear and a long life. It s about 1 2 inch thick wood fiber panels with interlocking male and female grooves an tongues.

Asphalt siding made great homes for carpenter ants and termites and they d often cause considerable damage behind the asphalt siding over the years. Replace damaged siding or roofing with an alternative mate rial such as nonasbestos fiber cement shingles or fiberboard. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs. A second problem was insect control.

It s easy to install after properly removing the old siding simply nail the weatherside siding in place and paint. It is very difficult to remove spray paint graffiti without also dissolving or discoloring some of the siding surface coating material itself. Match the original material in appearance as closely as pos sible. These shingles are specifically designed to match many of the most popular asbestos siding shingles installed in the past.

To address this problem and give you a product you can use on those jobs you used to pass on gaf has developed a fiber cement replacement product called weatherside fiber cement siding. Some asphalt siding may contain asbestos in the asphalt impregnated felt backer or asbestos may also be in the asphalt impregnated paper tar paper or felt used as a house wrap under the siding. Asphalt siding material was made in two common versions one much like asphalt roof shingles but in larger sheets right side of the building photo near the top of this article and the other was comprised of an asphalt coating laminated to hardboard siding material or laminated to a softer wood based insulating board panel often sold as. Here are some of the benefits.

Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration. Sierra 8 panels feature a vertical groove that runs the length of the board every 8 in. Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos. To add interest and detail.