Advantages of Hardy Plank Siding
If you are wondering what the advantages of hardy plank siding, look here. There is no one product on the market today that is 100% perfect, having no flaws. The same is true when examining the goods and the bads of a siding material for your home, namely hardy plank siding.
So lets start by examining some of the pluses of installing a hardy plank siding on your home, whether it be a new home, an addition, or a remodel. Hardy plank siding off the shelf, whether purchased at Lowe’s, Home Depot. or any other hardware store will come with a 50 year warranty. The stipulation to this is that it must be installed 100% correctly. Install it just slightly incorrectly and your warranty goes out the window. Hiring a professional or someone who claims to be a professional to install your hardy plank siding, does not insure that it will be done correctly. Make sure to do research on your contractor to ensure that he does the job correctly.
Another advantage of Hardy Plank sinding is that it comes pre-primed and ready to paint. The surface of hardy plank accepts paint really well making it extremely easy to paint after it is installed. All that is required after installing your hardy plank siding is to caulk it, and paint it. It doesnt get much easier than that, oh wait! It does.
Hardie Plank now even comes pre-painted! Just thinking about that makes me feel lazy. James Hardie has provided many different colors for you to choose from when looking for siding. All you do is install it, caulk it with a clear caulking and you are done! Now its safe to say that it doesn’t get any easier than that!
Hardy Plank is impermeable to water. This makes choosing hardie siding for a home along the coast a great choice! With Hardie you do not have to worry about your siding rotting, molding, becoming brittle, corroding, or mildewing. As apposed to a real wood that will rot, an aluminum siding that will corrode, or a vinyl siding that will become brittle over time. These are the main advantages of hardy plank siding and there are many more. We know it is not perfect so yes we are going to pick it apart in our next article examining the disadvantages of hardy plank siding.
Comment from Reader Tyler Kawana:
“Hardiplank is NOT impermeable to water. If it were you wouldn’t have to paint it or keep it completely dry prior to installation.
The pluses of Hardiplank are it’s uniformity, dimensional stability, and as you noted, its lifespan.
A couple other things:
Properly installed wood siding will not rot and is the most widely used residential siding material in the world for a reason, it’s extremely durable. It’s the standard used to measure all man-made siding.
Aluminum corrosion creates a layer of aluminum oxide on the surface that protects, rather than deteriorates, the aluminum. The biggest drawback to aluminum siding is its inability to return to its original form after impact (it dents).
Vinyl siding’s biggest drawback is the fact that it’s hideous.”
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