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Posted by Kris Krieger on March 7, 2008, 1:38 pm
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>>
>> >> Anyone seen these products after the factory paint has failed?
>> > I was not aware that "Hardie" products came pre-painted.
>>
>> Planks and panels come in 6 light 'standard' colors and 14 others,
>> mostly deeper and quite nice, if a bit 'safe'.
>> Trim and soffits come in 7.
>>
>> > I have used
>> > the 4'x8' sheets, stucco finish, with the trim pieces, but they
>> > came pre-primered not painted. After 8 years my project is looking
>> > fine. I have seen where the product has "rotted" if allowed to be
>> > covered with moist organic material. The board becomes crumbly
>> > <snip>
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>> Ouch. By 'covered' do you mean buried at grade, or leave-muck at
>> gutters? --
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>> MichaelBwww.michaelbulatovich.ca
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> The product failures I have seen were errant pieces of scrap. Judging
> from that I would not use in any ground contact situation. Leaf muck
> at gutters shouldnt be a problem as the muck would be in the gutter
> and/or on the roof and any spillage would dry. However, similar lack
> of maintainace, such as allowing leaf materials to build up behind
> shrubs, might cause failure. I have not had any failures of painted
> surface or finish on installed product.
>
OTOH, letting things become damaged usually causes pretty much *anything*
to fail...
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