Siding Expansion Joints

The joint covers protect the butt joint where two siding planks meet and provide an expansion joint to help prevent siding buckling.

Siding expansion joints.

Joint covers are primed on the outside for easy painting and coated on the inside with an epoxy backer to inhibit. Fiber cement complying with astm c1186 as do all building materials expands and contracts with changes in relative humidity and temperature. Vinyl siding is found on a large percentage of homes built today. Search all exterior expansion joints with the filters on the left.

A wraparound lower lip hooks the siding and requires one nail to hold it in place. Protect appearances by making expansion joints dissappear with inpro s exterior expansion joint systems. James hardie recommends that a slip sheet joint flashing is installed behind each butt joint in the siding. In line with this and fundamental water management principles joint fl ashing behind fi eld butt joints.

James hardie recommends designing for this type of movement on buildings with long runs of continuous. Roof to roof certainteed s roof to roof expansion joint features a snap on cap for ease of installation and improved aesthetic appearance. How to stagger vinyl siding joints. Clear sort sort by.

This color matched 7 1 4 inch h molding joint covers and protects butt joints and elegantly provides an expansion joint to help prevent buckling or distortion. Moisture management inherent in lap siding design is the provision of drainage at the laps and drying through the airspace that exists behind each plank. There is an almost endless variety of designs sizes textures and colors to choose from. Expansion characteristics of technical bulletin james hardie siding products march 2012 8 scope.

This h molding joint eliminates the need for caulk and has an authentic woodgrain appearance with the durability of fiber cement. There is no need to leave a gap for expansion. This is a 6 wide piece of weather resistive material to make sure that no water gets through. Most contractors will remember to do this but some of them try to save a.

A wraparound lower lip hooks the siding and requires one nail to hold it in place. Joint covers are primed on the outside for easy painting and coated on the inside with an epoxy backer to.