Would Hardiboard hold with glue?
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05-05-15, 11:08 AM
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Would Hardiboard hold with glue?
I'm building an BBQ Island would like to add a 1.5" strip of hardiboard at the bottom to trim it out and cover the shim gaps. Can I use something like tightbond ii to glue the hardiboard to hardiboard?
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05-05-15, 02:26 PM
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If the surface is fairly flat, use PL8X as an adhesive. Weather proof and will hold quite well and quickly. I would use Azek or another trim board rather than hardiboard, but it is your choice, and only you can see what you see.
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05-05-15, 03:15 PM
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Hardi can't be put that close to the ground or it is likely to wick up water and delaminate. Composite trim boards or deck boards would be nice, but without fasteners, they are liable to expand an contract enough to effect the bond with the glue. Stick with lighter colors as the darker ones will absorb more heat.
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05-05-15, 05:51 PM
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If it was a house, hardiplank is supposed to be kept 6" above grade or 2" above sidewalks and such. You can put it lower but they won't be to blame if the paint peels prematurely.
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05-05-15, 05:51 PM
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whats the finish
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05-05-15, 05:58 PM
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You are too fast for me czizzi.
Not surprising to see walls like that, is it? Besides being installed too close to the roof, no one hardly ever primes and paints that cut edge next to the roof before they install the siding along there. The old carpenter trick I was taught was to angle the little pointy end of the siding (above where the lap covers, like the top 1 1/4" of the siding) so that it could never catch water (or leaves and gunk) that would track on top of the siding. Kind of like the same thing you might do with the top corner of shingles in an open valley.
Other carpenters look at me like I'm nuts when they see me making a cut and then painting it. LOL
Not surprising to see walls like that, is it? Besides being installed too close to the roof, no one hardly ever primes and paints that cut edge next to the roof before they install the siding along there. The old carpenter trick I was taught was to angle the little pointy end of the siding (above where the lap covers, like the top 1 1/4" of the siding) so that it could never catch water (or leaves and gunk) that would track on top of the siding. Kind of like the same thing you might do with the top corner of shingles in an open valley.
Other carpenters look at me like I'm nuts when they see me making a cut and then painting it. LOL
