So this is the front of the house, not a great pic but it gives an idea of what it looks like. We will be using a chocolate brown metal on the roof and the siding color we want to be a sage green.
I did notice on the Smartside website that they carry the same material in a lap board style (horizontal instead of up and down). There are some pretty rigid instructions when installing any siding I have noticed and I wonder if some of that is so they have lots of excuses for not honoring a warranty later. That seems to be the major complaint with the James Hardie brand, they tell everyone it was not installed right, but it would be near impossible to follow all of the details. A nail cannot be closer than 2 inches from any cut. It has to be driven a very particular depth and if they are over driven it voids he warranty, it must be within so many inches of the soil line (which is impossible on many homes, including mine because it is closer than that to the soil) ect ect.
