My girlfriend had to have all her Certainteed fiber cement siding replaced last year. It was less than 4 years after install. It actually started cracking and shrinking within the first two years. She was compensated by Certainteed but it was a hassle to get them to do so and an even bigger hassle to have it all ripped off and redone. She found out that there was a class action lawsuit because of issues with the product. They say the have corrected those issues but I suggest you check into it carefully. My Hardi plank siding as been up for several years with no problems

@ILoveRed - Did you go through the regular 50 year warranty? If so - how long did it take for them to get you compensated? I am asking because I want to ding them on the fading paint 15 year warranty for the factory baked paint on my lap siding. I was surprised how easy the settlement was for me & while I was anxious to get final word, it was pretty straightforward to get all the paper work in. I took a weekend to document my Certainteed failures - fortunately they were all first floor damages - & another weekend to sort through the hundreds of pictures I took & send it all in via their upload system; 70 pics & measurements of my house. Sent them in 1 month before the Settlement expiration set in. Geomtery - which I was horrible at in HS - came in handy. :D

The thing I noticed about snow when I drove by houses, is that white trim or garage doors will not match. The whites really clashed. I went with colonial white and cannot believe what a perfect beautiful creamy white it is. I expected it to be more crisp and stark and its not. However its not yellow either. Happy to say after struggling between snow and colonial that I am very happy I choose colonial. Hope that helps.

Sorry to bother you, but do you have a picture of the front finished? Trying to decide on "Flagstone" color for our own house.