The use of a siding nail or roofing nail may not be applicable to all installations where greater windloads or higher exposure categories of wind resistance is required by the local building code.
Roofing nails hardiplank.
Designed to fit duofast rcn60 225 adj and cnp65y sf tools.
For face nail application of 9 1 2 wide or less siding to osb fasteners are spaced a maximum of 12 o c.
These nails are specially made for applying hardiplank hardipanel hardisoffit and harditrim fiber cement products.
Aluminum siding nails 1 lb pack feature a large head and thin smooth shank that helps to reduce wood splitting.
Double hot dipped galvanized with a lifetime warranty these nails are the right nails for the job.
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.
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.
Lay out where two widely spaced nails will go then drill two holes in the panel that will snugly hold your nails.
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.
2 3 water resistive barrier finish nail blind nail 3 4 in 1 in.
If you can hold it somehow to get two nails in it you re likely good to go.
Learn how to nail hardieplank lap siding with this instructional video from james hardie.
Then block one corner lift the other and smack nail 1.
1 blind nailing measurements keep nails 3 8 in.
From ends of boards.
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.
These grip rite 1 1 2 in.
Nails are driven through the sheathing into the studs.
From the top of the board.
Nails for blind nailing should be between 1 in.