mthomas1 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 New to me, anyway, at residential construction: fiber-cement panel system with plastic drainage-plane spacer material and plastic spacers between the panels. Each panels is about 2x4', attached to the underlying sheathing with six screws, with house wrap above the sheathing and a Brillo-pad like material with vertical channels creating a drainage plane. Can anyone identify the system, so I can run down the manufacturer's installation instructions? Also, it seems to me that the gaps in the spacers between panels are an invitation to insect entry and nesting. Is anyone aware of such a problem? Any other comments on this system, or inspecting it? Thanks. Image Insert: 48.48 KB Image Insert: 32.18 KB Image Insert: 17.27 KB Image Insert: 15.49 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 The fiber cement panels might be Nichiha, but can't really tell from the pics. I have no idea what that drainage system is. At the last Builder's Show in Orlando there must have been 20-30 companies with variations of that kind of backer. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Wow, thats ugly on a residential building. It looks unfinished, like someone needs to come back and install the siding. It could be the James Hardie Commercial HardiePanel system. There's an "expressed seam" method of installation that looks similar or it could be their brand new commercial panel system that has a 1/2" reveal between panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 I worked on a project a few years ago that used Swiss Pearl siding. It looked similar to the stuff on your building but it didn't use the mesh behind the siding -- just plain rainscreen construction. They used exposed fasteners as in your picture, but Swiss Pearl can be installed with concealed fasteners as well. It's a rather expensive, high-end product. - Jim Katen, Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark parlee Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 That looks Like the Home Slicker product from Benjamin Obdyke http://www.benjaminobdyke.com/visitor/p ... omeSlicker http://www.benjaminobdyke.com/products/ ... /37_69.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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