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Malco Prod. FCG2 Fiber Cement Siding Overlap Gauge

Malco Prod. FCG2 Fiber Cement Siding Overlap Gauge

(48 customer reviews)

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F/c siding gauge. Strong, 1-piece, tempered spring steel construction. Precision ground tip assures gauge will grip behind siding plank. Works with 5/16" (7.94mm) fiber cement siding. 1 person application. 2 gauges support entire length of plank and pre

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F/c siding gauge

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Strong, 1-piece, tempered spring steel construction

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Precision ground tip assures gauge will grip behind siding plank

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Works with 5/16" (7.94mm) fiber cement siding

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1 person application

Product Details:

Product Length:	15.0 inches
Product Width:	6.0 inches
Product Height:	4.6 inches
Product Weight:	0.7 pounds
Package Length:	10.2 inches
Package Width:	5.6 inches
Package Height:	1.8 inches
Package Weight:	0.6 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 48 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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14 of 14 found the following review helpful:

Worth every pennyNov 13, 2003
By Otto 80
This item should be recommended in James Hardie's installation instructions as are the Makita and Hitachi products. Don't bother trying to make other jigs to set the height of the planks, this is accurate and easily operated with one hand (gauge placement, panel release, and gauge removal). Follow the recommended minimum lateral spacing between the gauge and the closest fasterner or damage can occur to the bottom of the panels when released from the gauge.

14 of 15 found the following review helpful:

Working alone? There is NO question: You need these!Apr 12, 2005
By C. Wennet "cwennet"
I recently finished siding my 2-story colonial with 5.25" (4" exposure) Hardie Boards. It took me about 3 springs/summers of weekends since I did 99% of it completely alone.

I did not start using these until last year (year 3). At that point I only had 25% of the house done. Between these gauges, pump jacks, and a pneumatic siding nailer, I got nearly the other 75% done in one season. But if I could have only kept one tool that was an absolute necessity for working alone, it would have been these.

They are easy to set up and insert, and do a great job holding a course on the wall, especially when working alone. When butt-joining, I would hang a piece on these, then remove the one nearer to the joint and use the other as just a support or "shelf."

Here is my advice as a homeowner who installed Hardieboards by himself:

1. Get these gauges!

2. Expect that over many squares, the bottom edges might get a little worn, perhaps requiring a gentle tap with a hand or hammer to get them to sit on the top course quickly.

3. If you are using the 5.25 (4" exposure) boards, you should STILL use some type of measurement gauge. The 5.25" does in fact dip slightly if you put the gauges near each end of a 12' board. I don't know if this happens with the bigger exposure boards but I would guess that it is not as much. Also, you may have to make your own measurement gauge for the 4" exposure. The Malco one starts at 5"

8 of 8 found the following review helpful:

Cement siding gaugeSep 22, 2003
By Ivan A Teets Jr
This gauge is very handy for installing cement board siding. Installing a 12 foot board is a little tricky but shorter boards are a breeze when you are working alone.

10 of 11 found the following review helpful:

Missing a key pointSep 06, 2006
By BassMan
This is a great idea, but as a guy who is currently in the middle of residing his house with Hardie planks, I can see a flaw inherent in this product. Although the hardie planks are a manufactured products, all hardie planks of the same width, are not actually the same width. In fact of the 280 planks I bought that are all supposed to be 6-1/4 wide (to get the 5-inch reveal) some are 6-1/4, some are more like 6-1/8, and some are more like 6-3/8. So if you measure the 1-1/4 down from the top as these guages do, you are not always going to get a 5-inch reveal. James Hardie, What's up with that? This is a demonstratable truth. To get an equal 5-inch reveal, you really need to measure 5 inches up from the bottom of each plank. You may not really care if some of your planks have a 4-7/8 reveal, and others have a 5-1/4 reveal, and others get the 5-inch.You may in fact be using these planks on a spec house in the burbs that you can't see from your house. I can see my siding from my house, and I do want to get a 5-inch reveal on all my siding.

I realize James Hardie says you MUST have a 1-1/4 overlap on all boards, but James ought to make a more consistant product. He probably has several different molds being used for manufacturing and they aren't checked for being out of whack often enough.

7 of 7 found the following review helpful:

labor saving gaugesOct 04, 2003
By David A Koehlmoos
Instead of 2 men installing and one man cutting, these gauges allow one man to install full length pieces alone without having to juggle the siding and a nailer. It also holds the siding at the recommended 1 1/4" lap without havingto snap lines for every row. It's a great product, I couldn't find it locally, so I e-mailed the company to find where to purchase and they said amazon.com. I recieved it 2 days after ordering it.

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