How To Cut Cement Board Siding

You can use diamond cutting blades attached to your circular saw or sliding miter saw.

How to cut cement board siding.

Like the score and snap method set a straightedge across your sheet. Use the score and the snap tools. Unlike score and snap you ll need to use a surface. This is the same way of cutting the drywall.

Typically siding shears use air. The cleanest way to cut fiber cement siding is by using siding shears. Lay your cement board out on a work table or between two saw horses. In fact you could use a utility knife or a carbide tipped scoring equipment in order to spot the line.

Mark where you d like to cut the board. For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power. Cutting fiber cement siding siding shears. Make sure the line is straight and visible.

When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that. Wait for the saw blade to warm up and come to full rpm before. With the cement board flat use a ruler to guide your pencil as you mark a line where you want to cut the board.