On 10/4/2012 10:43 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 10/1/2012 5:57 PM, Swingman wrote:

Personally, I don't like caulking cement siding. If you paint/prime cut
ends, and flash the butt joint properly, caulking should not be
necessary.

Case in point ... I started a crew installing 10 squares of James Hardie
ColorPlus siding earlier this morning at a jobsite.

While the crew had considerable experience installing siding, they had
no experience with this particular product, and I'm dammed particular
about how it's installed, both to look good, and to maintain product
warranty ... particularly with _not_ using caulk if at all possible,
painting/priming field cut ends, and proper butt joint flashing.

No problem ... parked the truck in the shade, pulled out the iPad, sat
it on the hood, and with the three man crew gathered around we had an
impromptu OJT training film by showing the following video, over LTE, on
my iPad3 (which never leaves my hands while on site):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vy1l79CO1E

When anyone had any questions, we replayed the particular parts. Took
about ten minutes, and I left to come back to the shop comfortable
knowing that the supervisor and crew knows exactly what I expect, all
without regard to any language barrier/misinterpretation.

High tech materials, products, tools and technology make for an all
around better job, in all aspects ... gotta love it in this day and age.


Veeeeeeeeeery Interesting!