Cedar Siding Nailing

[Jerry Simon]

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?)

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[hausdok]

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

[Chad Fabry]

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.

[John Dirks Jr]

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.

[Brandon Chew]

Either there is some serious distortion from the camera lens, the framer was drunk, or the nails in that picture missed the studs.