Saw Blade For Cutting Hardie Board Siding

Like the score and snap method set a straightedge across your sheet.

Saw blade for cutting hardie board siding.

Under 29 cfr 1926 1153 c iii osha provides a specific safe harbor practice for cutting for cutting fiber cement boards using a handheld power saw with blade diameter of 8 inches or less 1. Lay your cement board out on a work table or between two saw horses. Acquire the diablo 7 1 4 in. Mark where you d like to cut the board.

When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. Unlike score and snap you ll need to use a surface. This is a small secret of experienced workers. Wait for the saw blade to warm up and come to full rpm before.

To be safe you should take the saw that does not have many teeth. For tasks performed outdoors only. Hardie board is a type of siding constructed of cement fibers by james hardie building products inc. It is very durable and can withstand extreme weather conditions and insects.

Use saw equipped with commercially available dust collection system. X 8 tooth pcd fiber cement saw blade is the only saw blade recommended by james hardie. The newly enhanced jameshardie blade features new laser cut stabilizer vents for cleaner cuts. The super hard pcd teeth on this circular saw blade let you make over 60x the number of cuts as a standard blade.

To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket. Diablo s premium hardieblade 12 in. X 4 tooth polycrystalline diamond tipped hardie circular saw blade d0704dh diamond tipped circular saw blade combats the highly abrasive properties of fiber cement products for increased cutting life at the home depot. This pcd fiber cement circular saw blade has extremely hard long wearing pcd tips to make fast clean cuts in cement board backer board and green board.

However you might want to take more teeth in the blade to cut the wood material as it is cleaner. Just sharing some of the different methods i ve used for cutting hardieboard siding. To cut this type of. To cut the straight line you could use a circular saw with the wood cutting blade and get the saw on the board slowly.