Metal vs Hardie plank

[Tscott]

Has anyone ever compared the costs of metal siding for their shop to a more attractive option like hardie plank?

I am sure metal will be faster, but will it cost much more than a clap board type cement siding?

When I got the price for a metal roof I began to realize how expensive steel siding is and started to wonder if I could make the new 40x60x12 pole barn match the house. The house we just built has a green metal roof and hardie plank siding. I know it would make the wife happy, and I think it would add a very nice look to what is going to be a damn big building. It will have more square footage than the new house, a fact my wife loves to remind me of.

I will be doing it all myself so the labor is cheap, and the only challenge I can for-see is that the Bi sectional sliding doors may get very heavy if I have to cover them in OSB and Hardie plank.

Any thoughts?

Tom

 

[PurdueSD]

I weighed this option when i was deciding on materials. I went with a brick wainscot to match the house brick with painted steel siding above it. I think it turned out really well. The brick makes it look much less like just another pole barn. Just for reference, i think i had somewhere around $3500-$4000 in metal for the outside. It did go up much quicker than lap siding does. Personally i think the steel looks better on my building that hardie would have. The wide ribs help make it not appear as big. Goodluck!

 

[Tscott]

I weighed this option when i was deciding on materials. I went with a brick wainscot to match the house brick with painted steel siding above it. I think it turned out really well. The brick makes it look much less like just another pole barn. Just for reference, i think i had somewhere around $3500-$4000 in metal for the outside. It did go up much quicker than lap siding does. Personally i think the steel looks better on my building that hardie would have. The wide ribs help make it not appear as big. Goodluck!

Did you actually price out the lap siding? How close was it to your metal cost?

I like the idea of the brick at the bottom. I imagine it helps break up the large building look.

Tom

 

[PurdueSD]

Nope never did...i would imagine you can find a material cost per square and figure from that. Metal price was quoted to me by the square, even though every peice i ordered was cut to the length i specified.

 

[boiler7904]

With a pole barn, you probably have to add studs at 16" or 24" o.c. to support the exterior sheathing required by James Hardie.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a garage that is bigger than your house. Garages and sheds tend to accumulate overflow **** from the house

 

[Tscott]

With a pole barn, you probably have to add studs at 16" or 24" o.c. to support the exterior sheathing required by James Hardie.

I agree, I had already planned to do 2x6 boards horizontally between the posts. I was going to go with a 2' vertical separation. This should give me more than enough to nail the OSB to.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a garage that is bigger than your house. Garages and sheds tend to accumulate overflow **** from the house

Again, I agree. My wife like to give me a hard time about it, but she does understand, and she is fully supportive of the idea. She was a Little quiet when I did the math for square footage for her though. You would think after being together for almost 6 years, that she would know I am good at getting in over my head lol

Tom

 

[gregs]

To help break up the side walls and make it look nicer I used a combination of metal and Hardie board. I have 12' walls and used Hardie vertical siding that comes in 4x8 sheets and resembles T-111 on the upper 8' and the same metal as the roof on the lower 4'. It gave it a sorta wainscot effect and I painted the Hardie siding a complementary color.

 

[PurdueSD]

What do the 4x8 sheets of hardie run ($)?

 

[dan-]

Hi,

Nice garage!

So where do you buy the brick wainscot at? This is a very rich touch.

 

[1320stang]

To help break up the side walls and make it look nicer I used a combination of metal and Hardie board. I have 12' walls and used Hardie vertical siding that comes in 4x8 sheets and resembles T-111 on the upper 8' and the same metal as the roof on the lower 4'. It gave it a sorta wainscot effect and I painted the Hardie siding a complementary color.

I was going to suggest something similar to this, but using all Hardie products. Use the Hardie plank on the top and do a wainscoat of Hardie shingles on the bottom and divide it with the Hardie trim.

 

[52RustRocket]

What do the 4x8 sheets of hardie run ($)?

$27 a sheet here in Houston.

 

[FunfDreisig]

My original design for the 25' x 42' wood frame on slab garage (3 bays + a small mechanics workshop) was to have smooth HardiePlank siding for the walls and HardiePanel for the 14 - 4' x 9' sliding barn doors. But after seeing some cool metal sliding barn doors, I considered switching to metal siding and only 10 - 6'x9' sliding barn doors using R-Panel metal siding hung horizontally to maintain the "prairie style".

I went to the trouble to visualize the metal siding/door version in Google SketchUp and price it out both ways. In my neck of the woods (Central Texas), the unpainted HardiePlank/Panel runs around $.80-.90/ sqft while the painted metal R-panel is $1.07/sqft. There is a small advantage on labor to hang the metal siding which is cut to length at the factory and hangs in 3ft increments. But in the grand scheme of things, the two siding materials are a wash unless I can significantly reduce the cost of the shear paneling, vapor barrier, etc. when using the metal siding.

FWIW I'm probably going to go with the original HardiePlank/Panel that picks up more design elements from the cabin (AKA future guest house) and could carry over into the design of the main house. In the end the metal version (even when hung horizontally) looks too industrial for me.

Funf Dreisig

 

[PurdueSD]

cool! look forward to seeing it. Be sure to keep us updated!