How to Install Fiber Cement Shake Siding

Before you install fiber cement shake siding, review and ensure compliance with all local building codes and regulations regarding the selection and proper use of sheathings, water-resistive barriers, flashings and other building materials and systems.

Individual Shakes must be installed over wall construction with framing spacing 16″ to 24″ o.c. (max.) and a minimum of 7/16″ OSB or 1/2″ plywood sheathing. Use double hot-dipped galvanized or stainless steel fasteners. Do not use electro-galvanized fasteners because they corrode faster, especially in coastal areas.

Starter Strip You can use fiber cement, vinyl utility trim, or PVC skirt board as a starter strip. When starting installation at ground level, establish a straight, level chalk line to guide the positioning of the starter strip and the shake starter course.

1. Find the lowest point of the sheathing and make a mark that is 1″ above the lowest point. The bottom edge of the siding will be 2-1/4″ below the mark you just made. Make sure this point is high enough to ensure that the shakes are installed at least 6″ above the finished grade or 1″ above surfaces where water may collect.
2. From this mark, snap a level chalk line to the opposite end of the wall. Repeat this step around the entire house.
3. Using the chalk line as a guide, attach a starter strip.

Starter Course To ensure that the keyways are fully backed by fiber cement, install the first course of Individual Shakes over a full starter course of 9-1/4″ lap fiber cement siding. If you are transitioning from less than 9-1/4″ Lap Siding to Individual Shakes, use 9-1/4″ Lap Siding as your starter course at the transition. If you are starting the wall with Individual Shakes, place a starter strip under the starter course.

Using the starter strip as a guide, attach the starter course so that the bottom edge will project at least 1/4″ below the bottom edge of the starter strip.

• Place the fastener 1″ from the top of the panel and no closer than 3/8″ from the edge. Drive the fasteners a minimum of 1-1/4″ into the structural framing, but do not over-drive the fasteners and do not place the fasteners in the center, unsupported area of the siding.
• Fasten from one end of the panel to the other.

First Course of Individual Shakes

1. Install the first shake with the bottom edge slightly below the starter course. Be sure to maintain a 1/8″ gap at all trim locations. Always caulk between the siding and the trim.
2. Place fasteners 1″ from the side edges and 9″ up from the bottom of the shake.
3. Continue installing shakes in a random manner, mixing the 6-1/4″, 8-1/4″ and 12″ shake sizes.
4. Maintain a 1/4″ keyway gap between shakes. Use the edge of a shake or a piece of 1/4″ plywood as a jig to maintain even spacing between Individual Shakes.

Second and Subsequent Courses

1. Select and position the shake 8″ up from the bottom of the previous course, such that course-to-course keyway spacing is no closer than 1-1/2″.
2. Place fasteners 1″ from the side edges and 9″ up from the bottom of the shake. Fasteners must penetrate the top of the shakes of the previous course.
3. Continue installing shakes in a random manner, mixing the 6-1/4″, 8-1/4″ and 12″ shake sizes to maintain the 1/4″ keyway gaps and 1-1/2″ minimum keyway spacing.
4. Individual Shakes are designed and installed to create a straight-edge, 8″ exposure finished application. Alternative applications, such as staggered edge, can be achieved with the Individual Shakes following the basic steps noted above. However, the exposure should never be less than 6-1/2″ and the fastening location should be kept 9″.

Deck Post Caps Are Available in Multiple Colors

Decorative Post Caps and Trim Add some personality to your custom deck with our expanded selection of post accessories provides the elegance of metal without the unwanted side effect of corrosion. Also available is a complete line of coated PVC post accessories — decorative post caps, solar post caps and post trims in five metallic finishes: Antique Brown, Antique Copper, Antique Gray, Antique Gold and Patina. All coordinate with 4″ x 4″ post sleeves.

New Exterior Trim Products Available

New products and finishes broaden your choices in cellular PVC trim.

6″ and 8″ Fiber Cement Skirtboard Manufactured with a unique beveled lap that automatically sets the first course for fiber cement siding installation, cellular PVC skirtboard can come into direct contact with the ground or concrete. Skirtboard ensures that fiber cement is installed at 6″ minimum clearance above the finished grade and can be used as a transition board between shakes and lap siding. With its patent-pending DualStart™ design, it’s reversible and flippable to either TrueTexture™ woodgrain or smooth finish. Skirtboard is available in 12′ lengths, 1″ and 5/4″ thicknesses, and 6″ and 8″ widths.

4″ J-pocket Trimboard with Cut-out Available in smooth/smooth or woodgrain/smooth texture, this new window trim features a cut-out that allows trimboards to lie flush around windows and doors with built-in nail flanges, taking the work out of making perfect miter cuts at the corners.

Column Wraps Square column wraps come pre-cut, pre-mitered, and pre-assembled to easily wrap around existing load-bearing 4″x 4″ or 6″ x 6″ porch posts to create a low-maintenance porch column. Available 8″ x 8″ and 10″ x 10″ square, the 9′ wraps come in a smooth finish and coordinate with any EverNew® vinyl or composite railing system. Choose from either Classic or Estate cap/base trim sets.

Satin Finish Profiles Our great profiles are now available with an enhanced satin finish that allows for improved paintability. The current glossy profiles will be phased out during the first quarter of 2012.

Beadboard with TightLap™ Featuring both a larger lap and traditional groove, the new Beadboard with TightLap™ delivers faster installation and a tight fit for better hold and a larger concealed nailing area. The 2TL is 1/2″ x 6″ x 18′, while the 3TL measures 1/2″ x 8-1/2″ x 18′. Both sizes feature a reversible smooth surface with two attractive repeat patterns.

New 2012 Colors in Fiber Cement Siding

New products and services for 2012.

Enhanced CertainTeed ColorMax® Stains will be available from all fiber cement manufacturing facilities. The three-layer ColorMax system includes our exclusive FiberTect® primer/sealer for protection against moisture, ColorMax base coat to further enhance resistance to weather and ColorMax semi-transparent coat that enhances the deep, natural grain pattern of WeatherBoards to create the rich look of stained wood.

ColorMax® Stains are available on:

• Perfection Shingles
• Random Square Straight Edge Shakes (7″ exposure)
• Random Square Staggered Edge Shakes
• 6-1/4″, 7-1/4″, and 8-1/4″ Lap Siding
• 12″ and 16″ Solid and Perforated Soffit
• 5/4″ trim in 4″ x 12′ and 6″ x 12′

Lap siding is offered in full and half units. Shapes, soffits and trim are offered in full and micro units.

In addition, we are adding four of our most popular CertainTeed vinyl siding colors to our Custom Color program: Pacific Blue, Cypress, Flagstone and Forrest.

Custom Garage Addition- DE

This garage turned out beautifully!  3000 square feet with 12 foot ceilings and two carports to the sides.  This garage was built for a custom car collection! This was a fun project that we feel turned out perfect and the customer was very pleased with the finished product!

Addition Contractor and Delaware custom home builder in DE & MD, offering Hassle-Free Service. Home and room additions are a wonderful way to generate value and get more enjoyment from your home. If you are looking for reliable home and room additions contractors, look no further - Give us a call at 800-785-4401 today!

We are your garage builders,  addition contractors, home addition contractor, remodeling contractors, remodelers, home remodeling contractors, home contractors, home improvement contractor, home contractor, carpentry contractors of choice for Delaware (including Millville, Ocean View, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, West Fenwick, Selbyville, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey Beach and surrounding areas) and Eastern Shore Maryland (including Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin and surrounding areas) so give us a call today.

Garage Addition- Lewes, DE

Expand the living space of your home by building a garage addition or finishing the interior of an existing garage. If you need space for a home office, a family room, an extra bedroom or a recreational room, building a  addition is a good choice. With good craftsmanship, a garage addition not only looks like it was built when the original home was built but, it will provide added value to your home.

This carraige style 2-car garage with mother-in-law suite above was a nice complement to the existing home.  We tied the two buildings together with the large deck in front and wide staircase to the apartment.  The roof was custom rafter framed, 2×6 walls, 12 foot garage ceiling, shake shingle siding, and brick front on the foundation.

Addition Contractor and Delaware custom home builder in DE & MD, offering Hassle-Free Service. Home and room additions are a wonderful way to generate value and get more enjoyment from your home. If you are looking for reliable home and room additions contractors, look no further - Give us a call at 800-785-4401 today!

We are your garage builders,  addition contractors, home addition contractor, remodeling contractors, remodelers, home remodeling contractors, home contractors, home improvement contractor, home contractor, carpentry contractors of choice for Delaware (including Millville, Ocean View, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, West Fenwick, Selbyville, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey Beach and surrounding areas) and Eastern Shore Maryland (including Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin and surrounding areas) so give us a call today.

Home Addition And Remodel- Millville DE

This house addition in Millville, Delaware was really a joy to complete.  It was an older home that we doubled the existing square footage of the home, adding a sunroom, screened porch, composite deck, new siding, new roofing, and a kitchen remodel.  The end result was a much more enjoyable atmosphere for entertaining and relaxing.  In fact, the customer recently gave us a 5-Star rating with an online remodeling rating service.

Customer Rating: City: Millville, DE Project: Addition to Existing Structure		“I have never really done much home construction so this addition was my first experience. I had heard so many horror stories concerning the local construction crews in my area so i was uncertain about whom to choose to do my addition. All I can tell you is that from the initial sketch to the final touch up, my deck, sunroom, screened porch, and kitchen remodeling project could not have gone off any smoother. Your scale doesn’t have nearly enough stars for me to accurately rate Alcoa Consruction. Alcoa really does deliver gold star service!”

Design:

We first completed the design portion of this addition, completing working drawings, renderings, and budget estimation.  Once we had the project details squared away, we started on the build portion of the contract.

Additions:

Screened Porch

We added a 12′ x 35′ Screened porch to the front of the house.  The trick was that the home was really overgrown with vegetation and we had a lot of site work to complete before we could begin construction.  We also needed to trim multiple trees and disconnect power and cable lines before beginning.  We used heavy duty aluminum screen with built in aluminum tracks.  We used composite Timbertech decking and Certainteed solid vinyl double beaded soffit ceiling for years of low-maintenance enjoyment.  We completed the porch with a hanging swing chair, new coach lights at the front door, and three ceiling fans to cool things down in the summer.

We used solid aluminum structural columns instead of lumber columns.  The main reason for this is that when using lumber, you have two options: regular lumber or pressure treated lumber.  The problem is that if you use treated lumber, you can’t wrap it in aluminum because the aluminum can react to the chemicals in the treated lumber causing corrosion and / or rotting.  On the other hand, if you use regular lumber, you can wrap it with aluminum, and this is the cheapest method, but eventually, un-treated lumber will be worn down by the elements and be subject to rot and mold.  In an oceanside environment where we operate, this is especially important.  We actually have repaired hundreds of screen porches where other contractors used inferior methods.  You can use vinyl sleeves over treated columns, but we have found that the screen securing tracks of the aluminum posts are much more secure and hold up to wind much better.

Sunroom

We added gabled 12′ x 25′ sunroom with a vaulted ceiling and custom glass windows in the gable.  The sunroom featured custom 8 foot tall Low-E windows that are both energy efficient as well as beautiful.  They have integrated screens in the windows that allow the sunroom to function as a screened porch during warm temperatures.  We also installed two Low-E sliding glass doors to allow easy access and maximum airflow during the summer.  The sunroom was built on a solid foundation and fully insulated and waterproofed.  We used 3/4″ tongue & groove Advantech flooring to ensure maximum quality and durability.  We finished everything off with synthetic Restorations Millwork trim from Certainteed on the exterior and painted pine trim inside the sunroom.  The walls were finished in drywall with a smooth finish and painted to match the new colors in the home.  The flooring was a commercial grade vinyl in a hardwood finish.

Roof Framing, Shingles, and Siding

By adding the screened porch and the sunroom, we needed to re-frame the room line to make these new additions flow seamlessly with the existing home.  Going back to the original ridge line, we framed a new roof and split it in a gable at the sunroom.  We then re-shingled the entire original and new roof with 30 year architectural shingles for a uniform look.   We then added Certainteed Cedar Impressions Vinyl Cedar Shake Siding to the gables of the addition and existing house trimmed with Certainteed Restorations Vinyl Trim.  We then replace all of the gutters and downspouts on the home.  The final touch was to remove and repaint all of the shutters to match the new color scheme.

Deck

We built a 12′ x 12′ composite deck using Timbertech composite decking and trimmed with Certainteed Restorations Millwork trim.  This ground level deck was built with extra support with a future hot tub in mind.

Interior Renovation

We cut a six foot opening from the new sunroom into the existing house at the kitchen area.  We moved all electric, HVAC, baseboard heat, and cable connections at the wall.  We then cased the opening to match the existing trim in the home.  Next up was to replace the kitchen counter tops with Wilson Art Black Star Granite.  This is a great product that keeps the budget low, but looks very high end.  Again, to keep costs low, the client decided to replace the cabinet doors instead of complete new cabinets.  We had custom cabinet doors made with a bead board wainscot insert to give them a “beachy” feel.  We then had them painted in custom paint shop to give a pre-finished look.  Each door had to be custom sized to match the existing structure.  Next we replace the existing refrigerator and dishwasher.  None to soon, we found that the old refrigerator had been leaking slowly over the years, and the sub floor was completely rotted.  We replaced the framing and sub floor and it looked like new.  We then added a wall mount microwave with custom sized cabinets above.  When we began to start the flooring, we found that the bearing wall of the existing home was sinking.  We jacked up the home from under the crawl space foundation to make the floor level, and repaired the structure.  The flooring the client choose was a commercial grade vinyl product that looked just like hardwood, which we used throughout the kitchen, new sunroom, and office area.   The benefit of the vinyl is that it is much more resistant to moisture and scratching, and will look the same 20 years from now as it does today.  We then repainted the entire home, adding trim, new light fixtures, and hardware.  We then upgraded the entire home with new smoke detectors to meet current code and improve safety.

Addition Contractor and Delaware custom home builder in DE & MD, offering Hassle-Free Service. Home and room additions are a wonderful way to generate value and get more enjoyment from your home. If you are looking for reliable home and room additions contractors, look no further - Give us a call at 800-785-4401 today!

We are your addition contractors, home addition contractor, remodeling contractors, remodelers, home remodeling contractors, home contractors, home improvement contractor, home contractor, carpentry contractors of choice for Delaware (including Millville, Ocean View, Bethany Beach, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, West Fenwick, Selbyville, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey Beach and surrounding areas) and Eastern Shore Maryland (including Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Berlin and surrounding areas) so give us a call today.

Screen Porch Addition- Near Bethany Beach DE

A screened porch is a great addition to any outdoor lover’s home! Enjoy your backyard and nature without the hassle and nuisance of unwanted bugs and mosquitoes! There are a wide array of benefits and perks to a screened porch addition! The residents of this Ocean View Delaware home opted for a screen porch addition to their home! We here at Alcoa Construction provided them with the utmost quality in customer service and created a great screen porch! We completed everything from the demolition to the framing to the finish work!

The beautifully and skillfully finished screen porch addition!

Below are pictures of the home being prepped with demolition for the screen porch!

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Custom Home Painting - Ocean View Delaware

The custom painting  in this Ocean View Delaware home gave it a remarkable, stylish, upgraded look! Custom additions give any home a personal improved touch! Distinctive carpentry and trim throughout a home adds class and natural decor. Is your home bland and in need of some enhancement? Alcoa Construction is a remodel contractor that dedicates ourselves to upgrades and home renovations! Contact our company and get started on your house remodeling today!

Life was given to this home with a complete home paint! Vibrant colors were chosen and the end result was a home with charm and character!

The living room, featuring a vaulted ceiling, after the complete custom painting was finished!

One of the bedrooms after the finished custom painting!

The completed hallway and dining area!

Two bedrooms and the hallway painting underway! Almost finished!

The living room being skillfully painted!

The bathroom being painted!

At Alcoa Construction, we strive to take the hassle out of your next remodel or addition. Looking to add a second story to your existing home? How about a complete interior renovation or maybe just a kitchen or bath? Of course some of our most popular projects in West Fenwick Island include screened porches and decks. Whatever your project, we can help you find the most cost-effective and user friendly solution. We feature a hassle free experience with guaranteed price agreements, in-house carpentry, and exceptional customer service! Our office staff is available to answer any questions Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 pm. Please feel free to ask for references that will be more than happy to discuss our work. Call today to schedule your initial consultation; the timing couldn’t be better. We look forward to working with you and helping you build your custom beach retreat.

Alcoa Construction 29L Atlantic Ave #161 Ocean View, DE 19970

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Deck Addition - Delaware

The addition of a deck to a home is an option that many homeowners are choosing. The benefits of a deck addition are countless. Everything from enhanced barbecues to relaxation can be achieved through a deck addition. Deciding to add a deck to your home is the easy part. Then comes the more difficult choice of exactly what type of deck to build. There are several options that the decking industry provides when it comes to enhancing your home with a deck. For a more detailed list contact us here at Alcoa Construction and get a deck addition on your home today!

Our company added a crafty deck addition to this Townsend Delaware home! We provided all of the demolition, framing, finish work, and deck labor for the deck additon!The  homeowners were very pleased and are enjoying the many uses their deck creates for them!

The finished custom deck built by Alcoa Construction!

Contact Alcoa Contact Construction today and start reaping the benefits of a deck addition!

Alcoa Construction 29L Atlantic Ave #161 Ocean View, DE 19970

800-785-4401 (phone) 800-785-4951 (fax)

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