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Easylap Panel Installation Guide
The official James Hardie installation guide for EasyLap Panel, a pre-primed fibre cement broadwall cladding sheet with a shiplap joint that is finished with a roll-on textured acrylic paint. It covers direct fix and cavity fix installation, framing and fastener spacing by wind classification, weather barrier and flashing, corner and window details, and finishing. Read it on this page or download the PDF.
What this covers
- Direct Fix & Cavity Fix Installation
- Framing & Fastener Spacing By Wind Class
- Weather Barrier & Flashing
- Ground Clearances & Termite Protection
- Corner & Window Details
- Finishing, Painting & Maintenance
Key things to remember
The essentials from this guide, at a glance.
- EasyLap Panel is 8.5mm thick, pre-primed, and comes in sheet sizes from 3000 x 900 up to 3600 x 1200.
- Install with a minimum 150mm clearance to the ground and 50mm clearance to roofs, decks, paths and driveways.
- Maximum stud and cavity batten spacing is 600mm for wind classes N1 to N4/C2, reducing to 450mm for N5/C3 and 300mm for N6/C4.
- Fix cladding with 2.8 x 40mm fibre cement nails to timber or 41mm HardieDrive screws to steel; use class 4 fasteners within 1km of the coast, class 3 elsewhere.
- Apply a continuous 4mm bead of Hardie Joint Sealant to the shiplap edge and fix a 50mm foam back sealing tape behind every vertical joint.
- Panels must be finished with roll-on texture within 3 months of fixing, or within 7 days in coastal or corrosive areas.
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This is the official James Hardie Easylap Panel Installation Guide. Read it on this page or download the PDF. For the most current version, please confirm with James Hardie. Allmat supplies the Easylap Panel range across Adelaide and South Australia. See sizes and add it to a quote.