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   WayneL5 | Feb 27, 2004 05:59am | #1

   Quite a lot has been posted about this in the last few months.  If you do a search of the archives you'll find a lot of discussion right away.  Also on nail guns, painting, etc.

   Also, have you checked the Hardie site for all the technical installation instructions?  The site is well done.

   http://www.jameshardie.com

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   CAGIV | Feb 27, 2004 06:05am | #2

   http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=39981.1

   check there..

   I've only worked a few jobs with hardi, both the shears and saw seemed to have their place.

   

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   caseyr | Feb 27, 2004 06:38am | #3

   According to the Hardi rep at the JLC Live demo, shears are slower but can cut curves.  He recommended and used the Makita cement board blade in a mitre saw and a table saw.  He ran a hose from the saws into an old bucket to minimize dust, of which there was surprisingly little (the audience sat about 5' from where he was running the mitre saw.) 

   You can use nails as well as screws with the cement board products.  I plan on using nails into steel girts and purlins using my Senco SCN-65 coil nailer.  You can also use one of the magazine type screw guns.  Don't remember the name of the nail company that Hardi rep suggested, but supposedly it is on the Hardi USA website.

   BTW, not wanting to steal his thunder, but Mike Smith seems to prefer Certainteed cement board products, so you might also check them out as well as Hardi.

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   FrankB89 | Feb 27, 2004 08:09am | #4

   I prefer Certainteed. too, both for appearance and it seems to be a little denser.  My supplier, who sells both, claims Certainteed's manufacturing process is better, but he didn't elaborate.

   For nailing, I bought a Makita siding nailer (coil type) last fall.  It's similar to the Hitachi and sports a flush attachment on the nose.

   I've hand-nailed, framing nailed and roofing nailed....the siding nailer is a true blessing!