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PrimeLine Weatherboard Installation Guide
The official James Hardie installation guide for PrimeLine Newport Weatherboard, the pre-primed 9mm fibre cement weatherboard with a rebated shadow line and HardieLock fixing system for residential walls. It covers framing and stud spacing, direct fix and cavity fix, face and concealed nailing, corner and window details, and finishing. Read it on this page or download the PDF.
What this covers
- Framing & stud spacing
- HardieLock fixing system
- Face & concealed nailing
- Corner details
- Window details
- Finishing & painting
Key things to remember
The essentials from this guide, at a glance.
- PrimeLine Newport Weatherboard is a pre-primed 9mm fibre cement board, 4200mm long and 170mm wide, and can be direct fixed or cavity fixed.
- Maximum stud spacing is 600mm in general areas, reducing to 300mm within 1200mm of building edges at higher wind classifications.
- Face nail with 60x3.15mm bullet head nails, or conceal fix with 45x2.8mm fibre cement nails finished flush with the board surface.
- PrimeLine Newport Weatherboard cannot be used for bracing applications.
- Install with a minimum 150mm clearance to the earth and a minimum 50mm clearance to roofs, decks, paths, steps and driveways.
- Paint with an exterior acrylic paint within 3 months of fixing, or within 7 days if within 1km of a coastal area or corrosive environment.
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This is the official James Hardie PrimeLine Weatherboard Installation Guide. Read it on this page or download the PDF. For the most current version, please confirm with James Hardie. Allmat supplies the PrimeLine Weatherboard range across Adelaide and South Australia. See sizes and add it to a quote.