Hardie Board Repair and Installation in Quincy, FL

On many of Quincy's older homes the siding is still the original wood, so fiber cement is worth treating as a choice rather than a default. Where the wood is already past saving or was patched poorly by a previous owner, fiber cement gives you a low-maintenance exterior you will not be repainting every few years. Where it is sound and you want to keep the home's character, a careful repair does the job. Kevin will tell you honestly which one your walls need.

Along Quincy's older streets, grand homes and Southern cottages sit under moss-draped oaks and magnolias. That shade is harder on exterior wood than direct sun, so we take it into account when we work outside the home.

Hardie board is fiber cement rather than wood, which is why it holds up here where wood siding struggles. It does not rot, and termites do not touch it. We replace boards that have failed, cut in new sections where the damage is localized, and re-side whole walls and elevations where the wood is past saving. It does go on differently from wood, though, the board is heavier, it cuts differently, and the courses and fasteners have to be set out carefully, since one row off at the bottom carries all the way up the wall. The trim matters just as much. Corner boards, window and door casings, fascia and frieze all need to be cut and fitted cleanly, because the edges are where any shortcut would show. That is ordinary finish carpentry, the work Kevin has been doing for more than 30 years.