Or install a rain screen using say 1 2 x 1 1 2.
Proper flashing at the bottom of hardie siding and tyvek.
Did not attach the hardie board to plywood so there s just the house frames them tyvek paper then the hardie board nailed to the frames.
That joint should be protected.
Cover with cap flashing.
Did not install flashing where the bottom board of the gable ends meets the stucco.
1 install a strip of felt across the bottom of the rough opening and fold the top of this strip inward sill flashing 2 install splines along the sides of the rough opening overlapping the sill flashing with bottom edge of splines 3 install window unit 4 wrap entire building tuck lower wrapping under sill flashing.
Cut a slit in the sheathing wrap along the entire length of the water table and slip the upper leg of the flashing under the wrap see illustration.
Hardie plank joint flashing tyvek or not questions for experienced installers i m just about to install my first hardie fiber cement job am bidding a second one.
Nail it to the sidewall or glue it if nailing isn t possible.
Lift the bottom shingle and slip in the kickout flashing.
After all the reading i have done i m still unsure of installing the hardie lap siding directly to the tyvek.
Bowa recommends using 9 inch wide tape for jamb flashing.
This bridges the framing sheathing wrb and trim joint.
James hardie building products provides installation wind load information for buildings with a maximum mean roof height of 85 feet.
Install the hardie over the tyvek tyvek says it s fine.
For information on installations above 60 feet please contact jh technical support.
Did not overlap or kick out that bottom board it s actually flush with the stucco.
And be capped on top with either a preformed metal drip cap or a custom flashing installed under the sheathing wrap.
Hardie says it s fine.
Slip in the flashing.
Minimum standard panel design size is 12 x 16.
One of the things i noticed in the destructions is hardie s recommendation to use joint flashing for the color plus line.
Or put at least one layer of grade d paper over the tyvek then the siding.
Jamb flashing should extend at least 2 inches past the exterior trim because there will be a vertical joint where siding meets the trim.