I plan to install HardiShingles on my front porch. I’m thinking it will be easiest to use the 48″ shingle panels for most of the wall, but use the individual shingles for face-nailing the top row and for cutting to size around door/window openings.
Can they be easily mixed? I called Hardie today, and they said sure. But now I see the panels are 16″ high (7″ exposure) and the shingles are 18″ high (8″ exposure).
Any recommendations about mixing them?
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I've never mixed them. I like the singles, and don't like the panels. It is too easy to get a pattern that the eye will pick up with the panels and there is a lot of waste.
Certainteed put on a little demo at the local lumberyard last week and I liked their panels. They have 3 different shapes to deal with the pattern.
I personally like their products better (fiber cement) especially after comparing them side by side to the Hardie. But we've used a lot of Hardie and had no problems.
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stay with the panels or with the individuals... one or the other... blind nail...
all those singles will need trimming if mixed with the panels...
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I've never mixed 'em but prefer the individual shakes. With the panels, there is too much waste, and I don't like the edge patterns - either perfectly straight or off-set too much. I think the best look is to offset the bottom edges varying amounts between 1/8" and 3/8" to give closer to a real shake look. Admittedly, the panels are much faster to install. If you want straight bottom edges the panels might be the way to go. To me though, with all straight bottom edges, sometimes it just looks like siding from a distance.