Jerry Simon Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 The couple thousand exposed nail heads on this one year old house look like crap. I don't ever recall seeing so many exposed nails. Anything technically wrong with this? (If they had been counter-sunk and puttied, would that have been okay?) Image Insert: 153.2 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted July 14, 2007 Report Share Posted July 14, 2007 Hi, They should be into studs and they need to miss the top of the underlying clapboard, so it isn't restrained and can freely expand and contract; otherwise, they tend to split horizontally. There was no requirement to counter sink them. To the surface of flush with the surface would have been fine. Puttying them and touching them up will work fine if they can get a perfect match with the touch up paint (not likely). For more information about these, go here to download a copy of their free siding installation manual. Or take a free online installer's course here, or just browse the Western Red Cedar website here. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 They don't look like siding nails...ring shanked galvanized or stainless... they look like 8d finishing nails to me. If I'm right, expect the siding to fall off shortly. It may even fall off before the rust bleeds through the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dirks Jr Posted July 15, 2007 Report Share Posted July 15, 2007 The wood planks are tapered. Thicker at the bottom and thinner at the top. If you wanted to hide the nail heads under the coarse above you would have to nail though the upper portion that is too thin for a secure fasten. Exposed nail heads are common in wood siding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Chew Posted July 16, 2007 Report Share Posted July 16, 2007 Either there is some serious distortion from the camera lens, the framer was drunk, or the nails in that picture missed the studs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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