TP wrote:


I highly recommend hardie board. I was also going to go with the
prefinished color. If you add up the extra cost, you can paint it for
less. Remember you will need to buy color matched caulk for all the
joints. Or just color match some paint and paint the caulk... I was a
DIY and I opted to not use the hardie corner boards, found them to be
very brittle and costly. Used a non wood composite product. Very happy
with the results. Also used vinyl soffit instead of hardie, just
because of the looks…
my 2¢

TP

All siding products, EVEN HARDIE Plank or Panel NEED Backside AND
Frontside Priming for optimal lifetimes. It doesn't add that much to
cost to put a coat of Kilz or similar on BOTH sides prior to
installation to make a truely LONG lasting investment