Compare LP® SmartSide® vs. Fiber Cement
Installing fiber cement requires change. New blades, extra hands to handle the brittle fiber cement, more time to drill pilot holes. But when you compare fiber cement to LP® SmartSide®, you find there’s not much to change on the worksite. LP SmartSide is lighter, never brittle and installs faster.
LP SmartSide Installs Faster
LP SmartSide installs faster than fiber cement for a few simple reasons:
- It weighs less than fiber cement
- No need to drill pilot holes
- Use your normal carpentry blades and nailer
- LP SmartSide comes in longer, 16-foot pieces
100 Percent Silica Free
No Termites
Though made from engineered wood, LP SmartSide won't fall prey to termites, just like fiber cement. At our testing facility in Hawaii, we put LP SmartSide in container of Formosan termite colonies. After three years of bedding down with the world's most damaging pests, LP SmartSide had virtually no damage.
Resists Fungal Decay
You want siding that won't be a victim of fungal decay, and that's LP SmartSide. We protect LP SmartSide from fungal decay with SmartGuard.