Attaching To Hardiplank Siding

Hold the mailbox against the hardiplank surface using your hands.

Attaching to hardiplank siding.

Install the starter strip for the hardie board siding. How to attach hardie board siding step 1. How to mount a mailbox on hardiplank. Hardieplank lap siding with colorplus technology is shipped with a protective laminate slip sheet which should be left in place during cutting and fastening to reduce marring and scratching.

Form a piece of plastic strapping into a loop on one end of the strap large enough for sliding the siding into. The sheet should be removed immediately after each plank is installed. Slide the end of. Use moderate contact on butt joints when joining two pieces of plank.

Mark the stud location at the height you. Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in. How to hang baskets on hardie plank. Divide the diameter in two and add 3 inches to the.

The thin starter strip is installed level with the roof. Hardie plank siding is almost always installed with air nailers which are the best tool for quick installation. From the ends of the plank. Locate a stud behind the hardie plank using a stud finder.

Your better off to predrill any screw holes and then screw into the wall studs avoiding putting fasteners in extreme corners of the hardie plank they can break off easily it may be hit or miss locating the wall studs inside the hardie plank wall. Measure the diameter of the basket you intend to hang. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in. Select where you want to hang your basket.

The only downside of pneumatic tools is that sometimes the installer will get going a little bit too quickly and will lose track of where the nails are going. Adjust the mailbox s position until the.