Can You Use Roofing Nails For Siding

Learn how to nail hardieplank lap siding with this instructional video from james hardie.

Can you use roofing nails for siding.

On the other hand siding nails are only used for fastening siding stuff so that the nail has to be strong enough to hold it. Probably would void any warranty to course there bout impossible to collect on. The length of nails is varied from the thickness of the surface. Lots of differences between the two different guns.

You can still use a roofing nailer with 1 inch galvanized nails if you can make it blind nail so that the nail heads can t be visible at all. Roofing nailers use very specific roofing nails designed for use with shingles. Roofing nailer has different nails than siding nailer. You can use heat application or staple or roof nailer to fastened roof felt.

If only a few pieces are tight and you can t find the contractor who installed it buy an unlocking zip tool and unfasten the section above exposing the nails photos 2 and 3. These nails vary in length depending upon the thickness of shingles used but all exhibit the same basic design. Find the tight nails and cut them photo 4. 6d or 8d sized stainless or galvanized steel corrosion resistant nails are best for siding.

If all the siding is tight it was installed wrong and should be redone. They need to be little loose so siding can expand an contract. Various types of siding nails exist such as galvanized siding nails and aluminum nails for vinyl siding. No you don t drive sideing nails all the way in.

Usually roofing nailer is used to put the shingles tight on the surface. You can take a coil of 6s and put them in the gun to see if they would work. What size nails do you use for hardie siding. And obviously roof nailer is most secure in that case.

Those materials used to make roof waterproof. If you use the nailer it will nail it tight an the siding can warp an crack.