Cutting Cement Board Siding

For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power.

Cutting cement board siding.

To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that. One way to eliminate cutting or at least keep it to a minimum would be to remove the entire piece above the window flash the window and then replace the siding. The cleanest way to cut fiber cement siding is by using siding shears. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth.

Typically siding shears use air pressure to power them and they shear or cut the siding like a pair of scissors. These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks. Use a specialized blade used with the saw such as mikita hardiblade or dewalts filber cement blade. Use your eyeware and ear protection.

You have to make the cuts very slowly.