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Posted by Harry Mofo on October 8, 2006, 12:00 pm
>Except for the ubiquitous stucco, basically no such thing as a
>maintenance free siding in the sense you are referring, at least at a
>price you are probably willing to pay. I've got both redwood and
>hardibacker siding on my house. The hardibacker is certainly more
>durable in terms of the UV rays that our home gets during the summer,
>and with simply a coat of Kiltz premium exterior primer, I've satisfied
>the Hardibacker requirement that it be painted. Hardibacker...
James Hardie regards it as an interior-only product:
http://www.jameshardie.com/backerboard/homeowner/faq.php#18 (last
question).
Hardibacker is intended as a substrate for tile. Did you really use it
on the exterior of your house?
--
Harry
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