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I installed siding on a 2700 sq foot house and a 24x36 out building and the blade was still working great. I highly recommend the Hitachi blade for installing Hardie Board. Ray JacksonOrlando, Fl
These blades are great: clean cuts, not terribly loud, and durable. Used them on a large Hardie siding job and would use them again.
VERY low dust too. These things slice through fiber cement siding like a hot knife through butter. If you were siding a whole house or larger addition, you'd probably need two blades though. Title says it all. Great blades. Long life on blade--I did a three car garage and attached 170 sq ft mudroom on one blade with no real noticeable dulling of blade.
Also, use a sharp utility knife blade to do the 'score and snap' method for those cuts the SCMS cannot do -- and get the Malco nippers too. Used on a 12" Bosch SCMS.One other thing, if you are considering following the manufacturer's advice and using a power shears to cut fiber cement instead of a saw blade to minimize dust, save your money, buy a dust mask, and get this blade. Not much needs to be said. This one delivers what you want in a saw blade; no noticeable vibration, cuts cleanly (top and bottom faces)., and lasts a long time considering you are essentially cutting cement and paper. The shears won't ever get you consistent edges and smooth cuts like this (I regretably wasted my money on the PC one).
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