Hardie Lap Siding Nails

If the hardiplank is being installed on a building in a humid climate or near the ocean or any large body of water the stainless steel nails are the first choice.

Hardie lap siding nails.

Pick out stainless steel or hot dipped galvanized nails size 6d 1 1 2 inch long siding nails and 2 inch long siding nails in the quantity you need for your project. Any lower and you might see a few nail heads poking through the bottom of the next board any higher and your siding is likely to be loose and could even rattle in the wind. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in. Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in.

From the ends of the plank. I ll be doing a whole demo on installing hardie plank. I can t hold the 4x8 sheets with one hand and nail by hand with the other. I need a gun.

I m stuck replacing some fiber cement hardie board panel siding by myself. The stormguard double hot dipped galvanized coating on these nails ensures excellent long term rust protection. An ideal pneumatic nail gun should be of 70 to 120 psi air pressure capability for hardie siding projects. Nominal widths from 51 4 in to 12 in.

I found an old archived post that said to use a siding nailer i m only replacing 7 sheets it seems ridiculous to spend 350 on a gun to install 250 worth of siding. Blind nailiing is prefered to face nailing. Hardieplank lap siding is not just our best selling product it s the most popular brand of siding in america. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in.

Colorplus technology is a factory applied oven baked finish available on a variety of. Wider width sidings require blind roofing nails. Considering that the best type of nail gun for hardie siding installation process is a pneumatic nail machine with adjustable pressure controlling mechanism. Also available painted in the hardie colorplus colors.

Hardie plank siding has a nail line across the top of the board that is 1 down from the top and nails are supposed to fall between and 1 from the top of the board to give the best hold. 1 1 4 galvanized roofing nails are fine. Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in. 2 galvanized siding nails 089 shank ribbed but good luck getting them through the siding.

2 6d galvanized siding nails like those from used in the nv 56. Create a range of exposures from 4 in to 103 4 in hardieplank lap siding is also available with colorplus technology as one of james hardie s prefinished products. James hardie prefers and recommends installation of hardieplank lap siding by the blind nailing technique such that fasteners are hidden by the course above. James hardie prefers and recommends installation of hardieplank lap siding by the blind nailing technique such that fasteners are hidden by the course above.