When the time comes to renovate your home's exterior, you may consider the popular fiber cement siding. But it's important to know if it's right for you.

Wright said gravel would work well to surround a house. Instead of a wooden fence, a defensible home would have a metal fence, a non-combustible roof, open eaves and fiber-cement board in the windows.

Sound-absorbent interior fiber cement panels made from regenerative raw materials for interior ceiling and wall cladding.

Planea are grey-based fiber cement panels from Swisspearl with an opaque coating and a smooth, matte finish.