This weekend was the weekend to actually start installing hardie board siding. We decided to do the north side of the garage first, as that is a plain rectangle with no fancy cutting in around windows or doors or peaks. I called it the north face, and when one climbs mountains (which this feels like), you do an ascent, hence our expedition this weekend is the ascent of the north face!
On any expedition, you need to research your plan, which involved Rob watching numerous videos on siding and how to use the gecko gauges.
We then installed the drip edges, marked stud lines, snapped chalk lines vertical and horizontal, and assembled the numerous cutting saws for edging strips. and that was just on Saturday. Oh and cut out 240 black squares from tar paper to install inbetween the joints for moisture barriers.
So Sunday was the day of the ascent. our first board when int at 11:30 and our last board at 7:30. A few air nailer issues with too much pressure and then not enough. And we had to do two rows of boards to get established before we could break out the gecko gauges. So it involved me holding boards tying to get them level. Once we had enough for the gekkos to hang onto, they worked like a charm!
We would carry, measure, cut (with me holding the shop vac to suck up any noxious dust while we both work face masks), then siliconing the ends, levelling, and finally nailing. Oh, and cutting out two boards to install future plug in receptacles.
Six rows and 18 boards later, we had a start. But Rob tells me that that is only 7% of the total boards used so far. Not a major ascent, but a start.
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