Finish Nails For Wood Siding

The head matches the texture of the wood and you can drive the nail flush without splitting the surrounding material.

Finish nails for wood siding.

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. They are good for installing aluminum or vinyl siding. Find wood siding nails at lowe s today.

For cedar redwood or pressure treated wood a 8d x 2 3 8 stainless steel nail is excellent for face nailing. It isn t always possible to nail. I would never ever nail batts on with finish nails thats a recipe for disaster. These grip rite 1 1 2 in.

All the nail heads are color matched to the siding stain they disappear and the material is held on tight and right. 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. Nail length ideally you should space the nails so that each one penetrates a stud. 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.

Aluminum siding nails 1 lb pack feature a large head and thin smooth shank that helps to reduce wood splitting.