On the outside of my house i have 7 year old 4 x 9 grooved 8 oc fiber cement panel siding 3 side of my house.
Cedar siding nails popping.
Wood siding failure diagnosis for siding installed over foam insulation.
Finish nails for exterior cedar trim.
Now i have a nail gun and 2 3 8 ring shank nails for siding to use to re secure the siding but need little advise.
Just like losing a hubcap on your car there is no quicker way to lose elegance than to have a board warp away from your house and leave a budding forest of nail heads.
The nails on the side i am painting now have the heads popping out of the siding.
After you have removed the nails hammer ring shanked siding nails into the studs.
Don t use finish nails for exterior work.
Nails pop out basically because of the movement of the wood.
If wood soaks up moisture and then dries out it can warp or move.
I had a carpenter use finish nails on all the exterior trim on a house and i had to go back after the paint was finished and renail using a siding gun ss nails.
If the wood or whatever wants to move what is holding it.
Moisture and settling of the house is generally the.
Whether you install clapboard t1 11 cedar shakes or board and batten siding on your house you can attach it with either nails or screws.
It is popping nails because they use smooth 45 degree paper corrugated nails to put it on.
The nail heads are very rusty and disintegrating.
What kinds of nails are for wood siding.