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I am about to try jameshardie shingleside cementitious shingles for the first time. Has anybody here tried them, or anything similiar? I thought I might nail them onto horizontal wooden strips (probably ripped down 2x’s pressure treated) to keep them off the sheathing. I have read about rain screens but in this application I am more concerned with trying to keep down the number of perforations in the sheathing, and with heat transfer (I want to keep the heat OUTSIDE the house). I worry though that any accidental water leak to the backside of the shingles might dam up at the nailing strip and cause trouble. Any thoughts? Thanks to all and to taunton for a very neat site!
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Charly, Leave a gap every 4' inbetween your nailers, or cut a shallow grove with the router in your nailer about every 4'
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I am about to try jameshardie shingleside cementitious shingles for the first time. Has anybody here tried them, or anything similiar? I thought I might nail them onto horizontal wooden strips (probably ripped down 2x's pressure treated) to keep them off the sheathing. I have read about rain screens but in this application I am more concerned with trying to keep down the number of perforations in the sheathing, and with heat transfer (I want to keep the heat OUTSIDE the house). I worry though that any accidental water leak to the backside of the shingles might dam up at the nailing strip and cause trouble. Any thoughts? Thanks to all and to taunton for a very neat site!