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Scyon Matrix Cladding Installation Guide
The official James Hardie installation guide for Scyon Matrix Cladding, a pre-sealed 8mm fibre cement panel fixed over cavity battens to create an expressed-joint panelised facade. It covers the weather barrier and cavity system, framing and wind design, fastener spacing, the 10mm expressed joints, backing strips at horizontal joints and ground clearances. Read it on this page or download the PDF.
What this covers
- Weather Barrier & Cavity System
- Framing & Wind Design
- Cavity Batten Installation
- Panel Fasteners & Spacing
- Expressed Joints & Backing Strips
- Ground Clearances
Key things to remember
The essentials from this guide, at a glance.
- Matrix panels are 8mm thick, supplied at 1190x1190, 2390x590 and 2990x1190mm, and fix over 3000x70x19mm Hardie Cavity Batten.
- Panels are installed with a 10mm expressed joint between adjacent panels, both vertically and horizontally.
- Cavity battens on timber use 65x2.8mm ring shank or 75x2.8mm galvanised nails; steel framing uses 41mm Hardie Drive screws.
- Timber studs must be a minimum of 70x35mm and steel studs a minimum of 64x35mm, with 0.55 to 1.6mm BMT.
- Panel fastener spacing ranges from 200mm down to 150mm as wind load increases; off-stud fixing is only allowed up to N3/C1 with noggings at 800mm centres.
- Maintain a minimum 150mm clearance to earth and 50mm clearance to roofs, decks, paths and driveways.
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This is the official James Hardie Scyon Matrix Cladding Installation Guide. Read it on this page or download the PDF. For the most current version, please confirm with James Hardie. Allmat supplies the Scyon Matrix Cladding range across Adelaide and South Australia. See sizes and add it to a quote.