Installing A Hood Through Fiber Cement Siding

This hole saw is deeper than your standard hole saw so it cuts right through the wall through the fiber cement siding and the plywood substrate below it.

Installing a hood through fiber cement siding.

How to drill holes through cement fiber siding. These tools not only create the proper reveal the part of the siding that shows between rows but also actually hold the planks in place while you nail. Align the mounting block hole over where the light wiring comes out of the house. It can be cut.

With fiber cement instead of attaching a light fixture over siding you re siding up to a light fixture. Even if you do just one fiber cement job siding gauges are worth the money. When you start just make sure the first row is level. Do not overdrive the nails.

Position your first course of siding inch below the starter strip and nail the siding into the studs 1 inch down from the top of the siding. Attach a horizontal strip of wood lath that s 0 25 in 0 64 cm thick and 1 25 in 3 2 cm wide directly above the chalk line. Install flashing at all end joints where two pieces of siding butt together. Level the block parallel with how the siding is going to be and nail it into place with 2 1 2 roofing nails.

Installing this stuff by yourself is tough but it s possible with the aid of siding gauges. Be sure the flashing overlaps the siding course below. Fiber cement siding is pretty easy to work with mainly just measuring cutting and nailing it in place. Leave a small gap at butt joints and fill.

Use galvanized siding nails and make sure that the nails penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 inches into the framing. It is a concrete product that is light flexible and has a woodlike finish. Measure up 0 25 in 0 64 cm from where you want the bottom of the fiber cement siding to be then snap a level horizontal chalk line. Apply caulk to the joint before and after installing the siding.

Then you would install your fiber cement corner and window trim.