Cutting Cement Siding With Saw

To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket.

Cutting cement siding with saw. Ivy classic 36482 7 1 4 6 tooth fiber cement cutting carbide circular saw blade with 5 8 diamond knockout arbor 1 card 3 3 out of 5 stars 75 12 42 12. Ez shear siding cutter with blade for hardie plank vinyl siding fiber cement siding and trim 3 9 out of 5 stars 31 449 72 449. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. I really like the makita 5057kb 7 1 4 inch circular saw with dust collector.

There are many cost effective circular saw and vacuum options that meet table 1 requirements for cutting fiber cement. This circular saw was built specifically for cutting fiber cement 5 16 siding. There are a number of sizes needed to help navigate the material around the exterior of the house to create openings for plumbing electrical vents etc. Even if you do invest in higher end tools the total cost per job is low.

Carbide tipped hole saws are a necessity to cut through the fiber cement without flaking or chipping the edges. For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears. The advantage of using the circular saw is that you can cut more than one board at a time. These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks.

Using a cost per square foot metric it s less than a penny per square foot. Use your eyeware and ear protection. General tools instruments gecko gauge fiber cement siding gauges. Magnum siding cutter with blade for fiber cement siding.

Bullet tools 220 20 in. Use a specialized blade used with the saw such as mikita hardiblade or dewalts filber cement blade.