How To Blind Nail Siding

If you miss the stud and shoot the nail only through drywall the siding will likely fall off of the wall in a couple of days.

How to blind nail siding.

Sign up for eletters today and get the latest how to from fine homebuilding plus special offers. Blind nailing nails are driven through the sheathing into the studs. Blind nailing blind nailing is a technique used to give a clean finished look to woodwork. 1 blind nailing measurements keep nails 3 8 in.

When nailing the bottoms of clapboards make sure to keep the nail high enough from the bottom to clear the top of the previous siding course. From ends of boards. To ensure that the nail gets into the groove where it will be hidden it must be inserted at an angle. It also prevents problems with cracking and warping.

From the top of the board. When blind nailing the nail is sent into the groove at roughly a 45 degree angle. For most exterior boards especially hardieplank and other fiber cement materials the best way to nail is corner to corner blind nailing blind nailing refers to nailing each board one at a time and then overlapping that nailed layer with the next board so that all nails are hidden. It s a safe and more effective way to install siding.

Use a fiber cement product and the cupping and splitting problems are moot. Nailing both top and bottom is unnecessary and in fact may cause splitting as you point out. The nail can be started with a normal carpenter s hammer and then made flush with the surface of the groove by means of a nail set. Hammer shoot or screw 2 nails or screws into each stud.

As before align these nails or screws so that they hit the chalk line which you marked earlier and which indicates the center of each stud. 2 3 water resistive barrier finish nail blind nail 3 4 in 1 in. If you want to learn more about siding repairs and replacement findlay roofing can. Nails for blind nailing should be between 1 in.

If you insist on blind nailing your siding i recommend switching the siding.