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Siding is 8¼" HardiPlank (7" exposure). Hardi says for siding-only
install (as on SIPs) to face-nail, but I'm going to blind-nail then go
back over with face nails as needed. I really didn't want a painted
exterior, but my first-choice rough-sawn cedar siding— which worked so
well in El Cajon— would be a maintenance hassle up here. Fiber-cement
takes paint amazingly well, so I have no worries of it coming off, just
eventually wearing out. I'm pre-drilling and pre-painting one coat on the
panels, then nailing them up by hand. Eventually a second coat of paint
will be sprayed on. The SS nail which Hardi recommends cannot be driven
through two layers of siding (as with face nailing)— it just
accordions— so, pre-drilling is required.
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