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JAMES HARDIE PRODUCT GUIDE

Build tough, build beautiful.

Your home is one of the biggest investments you’ll ever make. So when designing your dream home, it’s important to find a leading brand you can really trust. James Hardie is an international household name and we have committed 125 years and over US$363 million since 2000 into the research and development of innovative, environmentally-friendly building solutions. Leading architects and builders trust James Hardie because our products are made right here in New Zealand to suit our unique and harsh weather conditions. Plus, extended warranties and technical support create confidence that James Hardie really is the best in the fibre cement field.

Contents Exterior

Interior

Linea® Weatherboard

HardieGroove™ Lining

Classic lines that last a lifetime.

Stria® Cladding A modern, wide panel cladding.

Axon® Panel Unique vertical groove panel cladding.

Titan® Facade Panel An expressed-joint panel cladding system.

A charming groove panelling.

Invibe™ Panel A lustrous satin or gloss panel.

HardieGlaze™ Lining A hardwearing, easy-clean wall lining.

Villaboard® Lining Resilient wall for wet and dry areas.

James Hardie® Weatherboard A cost-effective contemporary weatherboard.

HardieFlex™ Sheet

Flooring

Smooth panel sheets for a board and batten look.

Secura™ Interior Flooring

Eclipsa Eaves Lining ™

A pre-painted soffit.

HardieSoffit™ Lining Specially developed for narrow perimeter soffits.

A robust, structural interior flooring for your home.

Secura™ Exterior Flooring Durable structural flooring for balconies and decks.

Your home is one of the biggest investments of your life. At James Hardie, we develop solutions to help make that investment a sound one.

Exterior Cladding Combinations to suit your style.

Linea with Axon

Linea with Titan

Using a variety of James Hardie cladding products gives you the flexibility to combine contrasting vertical and horizontal lines for a contemporary look and feel. For example, Titan® Facade Panel or Stria® Cladding work beautifully with Linea® Weatherboard, giving you the opportunity to create clean, crisp feature walls.

Linea with Titan

“I realise we made a great decision mixing Linea Weatherboard and Stria Cladding. The contrast works perfectly.” DUNCAN & EMILY WILSON, HOMEOWNERS.

Linea

Stria

Exterior Cladding Pick the perfect colour.

Protect your home. Our advanced fibre cement technology has been developed and refined to provide you with durable exterior products that last. They are low maintenance, resistant to fire, rot, warping and cracking – ideal for New Zealand’s varied weather conditions. All James Hardie products meet relevant ISO Standards and the requirements of the New Zealand Building Code.

Thanks to our revolutionary Scyon® Technology, Linea® Weatherboard won’t warp, split or crack like wood can. The deep shadow lines give your home an attractive traditional charm and because Linea Weatherboard won’t react to changing weather conditions, you can paint your home any colour you like, even darker shades.

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Classic lines that last a lifetime. Durable Linea Weatherboard is a versatile cladding option with horizontal lines that reflect traditional New Zealand home design. It’s a top quality product without compromise, trusted by builders and architects throughout the country. Linea Weatherboard is a modern, low maintenance alternative to timber and has been used to clad over 60,000 stylish Kiwi homes since 2001.

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•T  ongue and groove ends means there is no need for unsightly front soakers •A  vailable in three widths – 135mm, 150mm and 180mm •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •C  an be painted any colour •2  5 year product warranty

“A1 Homes has completed over 2,000 builds in Linea Weatherboard. We feel the product represents absolute peace of mind for our clients.” ROSS THOMAS, OWNER, A1 HOMES.

Linea

A timeless look that endures. Stria Cladding is a wide panel product with a horizontal groove that gives the classic look of solid masonry. It can be installed horizontally or vertically, giving you design flexibility. Architects are using Stria Cladding for fully wrapped houses, or for distinctive feature walls. Stria Cladding is the fast way to achieve a timeless look for your home.

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•F  lexibility to create a distinctive solid masonry look •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •C  an be painted any colour •1  5 year product warranty

“The key drivers behind our exterior cladding choice was the added durability of James Hardie Fibre Cement, particularly in a harsh sea spray environment.” CRAIG DACKERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SIGNATURE HOMES NORTHLAND.

Stria

A pristine look that lasts and lasts.

•D  istinctive vertical lines available in 133mm or 400mm groove spacing •A  vailable in a grain texture •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •C  an be painted any colour •1  5 year product warranty

Axon Panel is a vertically grooved cladding with a wide or narrow pattern that looks sharp and uniform. Axon Panel offers subtle vertical lines, low maintenance, excellent weather resistance and outstanding durability.

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Axon

“We just loved the vertical lines Axon Panel offered combined with the horizontal lines of Linea Weatherboard. It gave us the right look and durability for children.” SHARON & KEITH MASON, HOMEOWNERS.

Create your unique look. Titan Facade Panel provides a smooth, clean, exterior finish. It gives you the flexibility to create a unique panelised look that is ideal for modern homes. Titan Facade Panel was developed to provide the scope for innovative architectural design whilst ensuring longevity.

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•C  reate a unique panel look that contrasts nicely with Linea® Weatherboard and Stria® Cladding •E  xpressed jointing gives you a three-dimensional look •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •C  an be painted any colour •1  5 year product warranty

Titan

“James Hardie Fibre Cement really gave us peace of mind that the home would showcase our building capabilities long into the future.” CRAIG DACKERS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF SIGNATURE HOMES NORTHLAND.

It’s good to be choosy.

• Cost-effective weatherboard solution • Choose from four different profiles •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire

When it comes to James Hardie Weatherboard, there are four attractive finishes in different styles.

Frontier

Rusticated

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StylelineTM

• Can be painted any colour • 15 year product warranty

Smooth

“James Hardie Weatherboard provides us with a cost-effective, durable weatherboard look which provides great aesthetics and reliability for our clients.” GRANT COUTTS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, UNIVERSAL HOMES.

Loving the board and batten look? HardieFlex Sheet is a tough, hardwearing, low maintenance flat sheet. Combined with battens, HardieFlex gives you that board and batten look. Because it’s tough and versatile, it’s great for cladding external walls, eaves, verandas and carport soffits.

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•A  daptable board that can be used in a range of applications •P  erfect for creating the board and batten look •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •C  an be painted any colour •1  5 year product warranty

“HardieFlex Sheet gave us the opportunity to create the style of home we wanted. I really think that it’s the perfect product for inspiring designs.” JOEL MILGATE, BUILDER.

HardieFlex

Simplify your project with stunning results.

•S  heets are pre-painted to save you time and maintenance •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •1  0 year product warranty

Pre-painted in white, Eclipsa Eaves Lining with colour-matched accessories creates a professional finish without the need for on-site painting.

Control the weather, enhance your design. HardieSoffit Lining is a cost effective, durable solution that we’ve developed for narrow soffits around the perimeter of a building. HardieSoffit is ideal for New Zealand’s harsh climate – shading your home from the intense summer sun and sheltering you from heavy downpours during the cooler months. Find out more at jameshardie.co.nz

• Specifically developed for narrow soffits • Customise your look with our range of accessories • Durable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire • Can be painted any colour • 15 year product warranty

“Being pre-painted definitely saved on scaffold which doesn’t come cheap. Peeling off the slipcover protection at the end of the job meant it was all done.” CHRIS BELL, BUILDER, NEW PLYMOUTH

Eclipsa

We’ve got the right internal lining for every imaginable application. Garage lining This high-impact area requires linings that can take knocks.

Bathroom / Laundry Preventing water and moisture damage to linings in these areas is really important.

Kitchen splashback Kitchen splashbacks need to withstand heat and dirt build-up and they also need to work with contemporary designs.

Feature walls Feature walls require products that look fantastic in a traditional or contemporary setting.

Interior Linings

Style and strength from wall to wall. Your walls are the backdrop to your life. They can be a stunning feature in their own right and when you think about how many years they’ll be standing, it makes sense to choose your colours and finishes carefully. Consider what’s going on, around and under your walls too. The flexibility to mix, match and create is the reason leading architects and builders recommend James Hardie internal linings.

Live and work, wet and dry. When you need resilient walls for high impact areas like hallways, garages and rumpus rooms, choose something that is specially developed to take the knocks and stay looking good. Villaboard Lining is the perfect durable product for your family life. It’s also resistant to damage from water, so it’s great for bathroom walls, laundries and shower linings.

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• Excellent substrate for tiling and high-quality paint finishes in wet and dry areas • Resistant to surface abrasions and indentations in high-impact areas • Durable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire • 15 year product warranty

Villaboard Lining

“Villaboard Lining is a quality material that has never let us down and complements our best practice quality standards.” BRIAN DONALD, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, SOVEREIGN HOMES

The traditional charm of tongue and groove. HardieGroove Lining is an interior lining that offers a traditional grooved look. A versatile alternative, HardieGroove Lining can be used as a soffit, on walls in bathrooms and laundries and in high traffic areas like family rooms and hallways.

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•V  -shaped grooves give a classic, traditional profile •R  esistant to surface abrasions and indentations in high-impact areas •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •1  5 year product warranty

“The high impact resistance of HardieGroove Lining made it the smart choice for my high traffic areas, which are normally prone to damage.” IVAN PACAK, HOMEOWNER

Invibe

TM

PANEL

An inspiring colour range to suit every palette.

•P  re-coloured sheets come in gloss or satin with matching accessories •S  uits a range of applications, from splashbacks to showers •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire • 15 year product warranty

Invibe Panel is a lustrous, coloured pre-finished internal panel that can be used in wet and dry areas. It offers outstanding durability, and supports the creation of inspirational walls with its range of 12 modern colours. Invibe Panel features ChromaShield™ technology, a series of advanced, durable coatings.

A crisp, clean finish that stays that way. HardieGlaze Lining creates an easy-clean ceramic look on bathroom walls, in showers, laundries and on kitchen splashbacks. It’s ideal for a minimalist, modern look and works beautifully with contemporary fittings. Find out more at jameshardie.co.nz

•P  re-finished with a high-quality polyurethane coating •A  vailable in three tile patterns, low maintenance and easy to clean •D  urable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire •1  5 year product warranty

“HardieGlaze Lining has made a big impression on our bathroom design.” JACLYN BAKER, HOMEOWNER

We have the right flooring for every area of your home. Bathroom and laundry Living room

Deck and veranda

Kitchen

Flooring

Worship the floor you walk on. When chipboard or plywood just won’t cut it, Secura Flooring is a durable solution for floors that gives a quality, solid feel underfoot. It’s weather resistant, so your floor won’t be damaged by the elements during the build or by moisture years after the builders have left. You can tile directly onto Secura Flooring without the need for expensive overlay, and because it is dimensionally stable, it won’t squeak, expand or contract like wood when exposed to changes in the environment. If you’re looking for a premium floor, why settle for a cheap alternative in your home?

A floor to live on. And on. And on. Secura Interior Flooring is a robust structural floor for your home. It’s made from fibre cement and it’s resistant to moisture and rot – a great alternative to wood or plywood. Secura Interior Flooring gives you a squeak-free, solid feel under carpet, tiles or vinyl. It is dimensionally stable, so it won’t expand, contract or crack tiled floors like wood can.

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• Ideal flooring substrate for wet areas • Supports tiles, carpet and vinyl without the need for expensive underlay • Will not warp, expand or contract like wood can • Durable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire • 15 year product warranty

“Wood and water are definitely not friends. I get the kind of reliable and durable resistance to moisture damage in my floor that helps me sleep at night.” AARON COVENY, HOMEOWNER

Peace of mind for your deck or balcony. Secura Exterior Flooring is made from advanced fibre cement technology, ideal over timber and steel joists for balconies, decks and all outdoor flooring. It is dimensionally stable and can also be tiled directly without the need for expensive underlay. It won’t expand or contract in changing conditions like wood can, so your tiles won’t lift and crack over time.

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• Can be tiled directly, without the need for expensive underlay • Will not warp, expand or contract like wood can • Durable and resistant to damage from moisture, rot and fire • 15 year product warranty

“It is great to sidestep the rot and warp that can sometimes plague plywood.” SHANE CALLENDER, HOMEOWNER

Considered an outdoor – indoor flow? Have you ever thought about bringing the outside in? Not only can you enjoy the beauty and strength of our cladding systems on the exterior of your home, but they can work just as well on the inside too.

Titan Board

Linea Weatherboard

Axon Panel

Our cladding gives you the flexibility to create unique feature walls to liven up internal spaces. The strong horizontal lines of Linea® Weatherboard and Stria® Cladding can be continued into the heart of your home, creating a unique flow from the outside in. Titan® Facade Panel’s unique profile allows you to transform large empty spaces into beautiful architectural features. And the clean vertical lines provided by Axon® Panel are perfect for creating a traditional look for garages, carports and storage areas.

Stria Cladding

Titan Panel

Linea Weatherboard

Stria Cladding

Stria Cladding

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