James Hardie Cedar shake siding

[Gnfantic]

Hey guys, I installed LP smart siding on my garage 2 years and came out great and I also did JH lap siding on my brother's house. My house siding is shot and this spring I am going to tear it off. I love the cedar shake look but prefer not to have pvc moldings on every corner. Is there a way to join the cedar shakes in the corner's to make it look like the real deal? Issue is JH siding is only 1/4in thick so I am they now make a corner piece to match up with the cedar shakes? I like how the vinyl guys started to do it , looks so much better but I am not into vinyl.

 

[pattenp]

So you don’t like the JH corner trim boards? They're not PVC.

 

[Gnfantic]

I meant so say trim boards that have a cedar impression look to them like the vinyl guys do. Once painted it looks like there is no trim there

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

The make smooth. If not anymore certainteed makes a smooth cement trim. Also menards has a smooth cement trim in stock to look at.

 

[Gnfantic]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3251437634...71cd9ba45a9c211306906&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0

I mean this, sorry for not explaining it properly.

 

[hefnerconstructionlc]

call hardie and ask or certainteed

 

[pattenp]

I've seen the JH straight lap siding installed without corner boards. I assume the same can be done with the shake style. They just **** and caulk the ends together. If using the staggered shake then the corner ends would need to be matched.

 

[pattenp]

Here's example...

 

[Stuart in MN]

The installation instructions on the James Hardie website show the shake panels can be installed without corner boards. https://www.jameshardiepros.com/jam...d2w/installation/hardieshingle-hz10-us-en.pdf

 

[jeep63]

We had hardie board installed last summer: Board&batten, lap and cedar shake panels on the dormers. We like the trim and did not consider butting the edges.

 

[archy99]

No shingles, but I used JH's Artisan siding profile on my rebuild with a rain--screen gap behind it, and did mitered joints at all outside corners, and a small piece of square JH trim in inside corners. Came out nicely. The gap in the siding in the pic was for a knee to support an arbor.

(edits) You can see the thickness of the Artisan boards in that gap, which is what makes it possible to miter the material cleanly. Standard JH boards are too thin to miter in the traditional manner. Siders like using corner boards as they can be a bit less accurate in coursing without it being visible, and it's a faster install as well. No such luck with mitered corners....any misalignment is immediately visible. Any out of square in the plan makes mitered corners that much harder. Another nice bit about the Artisan stuff is that it's thick enough to come with a tongue and groove end, meaning you can land a ****-joint between studs, and no end sealant or **** flashing is needed unless you cut the T&G off.

 

[Walkers]

No shingles, but I used JH's Artisan siding profile on my rebuild with a rain--screen gap behind it, and did mitered joints at all outside corners, and a small piece of square JH trim in inside corners. Came out nicely. The gap in the siding in the pic was for a knee to support an arbor.

(edits) You can see the thickness of the Artisan boards in that gap, which is what makes it possible to miter the material cleanly. Standard JH boards are too thin to miter in the traditional manner. Siders like using corner boards as they can be a bit less accurate in coursing without it being visible, and it's a faster install as well. No such luck with mitered corners....any misalignment is immediately visible. Any out of square in the plan makes mitered corners that much harder. Another nice bit about the Artisan stuff is that it's thick enough to come with a tongue and groove end, meaning you can land a ****-joint between studs, and no end sealant or **** flashing is needed unless you cut the T&G off.

That looks sharp!

 

[Jackfre]

Archie, that is terrific. I used the Artisan panel on our house in ‘13. Given its 5/8” thickness it has a marked affect on hearing road noise along with new good windows. I also used the Azek corners dadoing each side. I also used individual JH shingles up on the 2nd floor. I used the shingle panels on a shed near the house. We did use the Azek corners, but they came out very welL and we aare happy with them. Perhaps you coulld buy some of the artisan panels, cut them into shingles and fit the corners. You could then feather the thickness back to the standard shingle depth for the field. I think it would be a good look. A boatload of work, but nice.