I use 2 1 4 hdg or maze gun nails for board and lap and one 3 hdg in the center every 24 or 32 for the batts.
Finish nails for wood siding.
They are good for installing aluminum or vinyl siding.
It isn t always possible to nail.
Fast secure installation without fastening to studs.
For cedar redwood or pressure treated wood a 8d x 2 3 8 stainless steel nail is excellent for face nailing.
8d nails which are 2 1 2 inches long are suitable for most siding materials.
I would never ever nail batts on with finish nails thats a recipe for disaster.
The head matches the texture of the wood and you can drive the nail flush without splitting the surrounding material.
With its dedicated pneumatic coil nailer the tetragrip siding fastening system drives as fast as a nail and has the holding power of a screw.
Find wood siding nails at lowe s today.
These grip rite 1 1 2 in.
A box of 200 wood siding nails runs about 8 10 roughly twice the price of the aluminum nails.
The hardienail tetragrip siding fastening system is a technological breakthrough for james hardie fiber cement siding siding installers.
Aluminum siding nails 1 these grip rite 1 1 2 in.