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.
Use a specialized blade used with the saw such as mikita hardiblade or dewalts filber cement blade.
Even if you do invest in higher end tools the total cost per job is low.
Item 13737 model sa903.
General tools instruments gecko gauge fiber cement siding gauges.
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.
This circular saw was built specifically for cutting fiber cement 5 16 siding.
You have to make the cuts very slowly.
Use your eyeware and ear protection.
There are many cost effective circular saw and vacuum options that meet table 1 requirements for cutting fiber cement.
Another great tool for cutting fiber cement siding is using a circular saw with a good dust collector.
These are specialized to reduce the dust caused from cutting these planks.
When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth.
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.
For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears.
Magnum siding cutter with blade for fiber cement siding.
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.
Bullet tools 220 20 in.
Using a cost per square foot metric it s less than a penny per square foot.