Hardie Board Repair and Installation in Sneads, FL

On a Lake Seminole home it is often the side facing the water that wears first, because the open water gives wind-driven rain a clear run at that wall while the other three are more sheltered. Doing just the lake-facing wall in fiber cement, and leaving the rest, can be a sensible way to put the money where the weather actually is. Kevin will tell you honestly whether one wall or the whole home makes more sense.

Sneads is in Jackson County, right on Lake Seminole, and the lake shapes a lot of the work here, inside the home as well as out.

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.