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Scyon Linea Weatherboard Installation Guide
The official James Hardie installation guide for Scyon Linea Weatherboard, a 16mm fibre cement weatherboard with a deep shadow line for modern, Hamptons and coastal facades. It covers board sizes, direct and cavity fixing, stud spacing by wind classification, face and concealed nailing, and corner and window details. Read it on this page or download the PDF.
What this covers
- Board Width & Thickness
- Direct Fix & Cavity Fix
- Stud Spacing & Wind Classification
- Face & Concealed Nailing
- Corners & Window Details
- Ground Clearances & Weather Barrier
Key things to remember
The essentials from this guide, at a glance.
- Linea Weatherboard is a 16mm thick fibre cement board with tongue and groove ends, available in 150mm and 180mm widths and 4200mm lengths.
- It is installed horizontally, either direct fixed or over a vented cavity on timber or steel frames.
- Maximum stud spacing is 600mm for wind classifications N1 to N3, reducing near building edges and at higher wind loads.
- Face fix with 60x3.15mm bullet head nails driven through both boards at the lap; concealed nailing is also available.
- Install with a minimum 150mm clearance to the ground and 50mm to roofs, decks, paths and steps.
- Corner soakers are available to suit both the 150mm and 180mm board widths, and a weather barrier must be installed behind the cladding.
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Need Scyon Linea Weatherboard for the job in this guide?
Scyon Linea Weatherboard is available to order from Allmat for builders and trade across Adelaide and South Australia, on one order with the framing, fixings and sealants the guide calls for.
Sizes and profiles are on the Scyon Linea Weatherboard page.