Nails For Tongue And Groove Siding

In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.

Nails for tongue and groove siding.

This is part 1 of a 3 part series. Wider siding should be face nailed using two nails per piece. Checkered head helps to hold paint or stain. Drive the nails through the shoulder of the tongues into the framing at about a 45 degree angle.

Horizontal or diagonal installation. Our channel tounge groove siding nails are specifically designed for split prone woods. Roofing nailers are designed for roofing nails which are short with a wide head. I have couple of hitachi nailers with stainless steel nails but i think we need one specially design for tongue and groove siding.

Common gauges for nails used in tongue and groove installation include 15 16 17 and 18. If you have any idea please let me know. Framing nailers are for larger projects like framing out walls during construction or renovation. Start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards and the tongues up.

As such it s possible to use 15 gauge nails with lengths of 1 inch 1 5 inches or 2 inches. These 2 inch long nails have a narrow head that sinks below the surface of the wood. Cedar t g up to 6 wide can be blind nailed through the tongue at an approximate 45 degree angle with one nail into each framing member. Nail styles are often not interchangeable between nailers because the guns cannot handle every type of nail that is why there are different nailer types.

The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding. Flooring nail guns are used to install tongue and groove hardwood floors.

For installing tongue and groove paneling you need 6d finishing nails. The gauge of a nail has nothing to do with its length. Nails must penetrate 1 1 4 inches into solid wood. As the gauge of a nail increases the nail is smaller.

If the siding is up to 6 inches wide it can be nailed with one siding nail per bearing but siding any wider should use two nails per bearing. I don t want to face nail it and going even with small heads is not that easy. For jobs that will be left natural or threated with a clear or semi transparent finish we recommend our stainless steel slim jim nails. One of the cool things about tongue and groove walls is that you can use a technique called blind nailing if you do it properly you won t have any nail heads showing or holes to fill.

They are activated with the tap of a mallet to deliver nails at the proper angle.