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.

Cutting cement board siding. Typically siding shears use air pressure to power them and they shear or cut the siding like a pair of scissors. You have to make the cuts very slowly. I recommend the turboshear tsf1a fiber cement pnuematic if you re looking to buy a pneumatic siding shear. The cleanest way to cut fiber cement siding is by using siding shears.

Use your eyeware and ear protection. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth. 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.

If any cutting needs to be done to allow for the added flashing than it can be done on the workbench with a pair of siding shears zero dust.