Anyone have experience with 8 1/4″ hardie lap siding with a 7″ exposure? Homeowner is set on that size, I REALLY don’t want to see face nailing. My experience is with 5″ and 5 1/2″ exposures.
Hardie specs say blind nail roofers is fine, but you know how that is. I just want some real world experience. Thanks in advance I post pics when I get to doing it if theres interest.
Whats the favorite way to cut Im thinking of buying some shears this time we’ve used skill saws in the past.
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I've ran thousands of feet of that product and blind nailed all of it.
The key is to get the nails as low as possible with out showing. Thats a tall order when production framing but it's a lot harder pulling out the 32' ladder to tighten up loose siding. 1/4" variation on the nailing pattern can be disasterous.
Did some about three years ago when the owner wanted it. If you have any waves in the framing, they will be magnified at the bottom of the siding.
I prefer face nailing.... better to ignore the nail heads than ignore the wavy lines IMO.
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I guess its not the wavy lines I was thinking of but the large exposure. Ive blind nailed a lot of 5" and that turned out good.
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5" exposure is better about laying flat...
but I still see the gaps of blind-nailing more than the nail heads of face-nailing.
I like the idea that the laps are "sitting" on the nails rather than "hanging" from them.
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No experience with it, but if I were going to blind nail a lot, this looks like a helpful guide.
http://www.bigskyadapter.com/
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We've done it plenty. Where a piece pooches out, or flaps, we've had good luck pushing it tight to the lower course, then cross nailing a couple of 2 1/2" trim nails.http://www.tvwsolar.com
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Thats good info, thanks I guess the 7"exposure was buggin me, better safe than sorry.
7" exposure is common around here (PNW).
I use 5p galv. shingle nails to face nail on occasion to suck a plank tight. You'll bend a few nails over trying to drive them in, but after paint they disappear.
Hitachi siding nailer to blind nail.
Shears and custom table w/ Porter Cable circular saw to cut. Shears are slow and you can't gang cut; circ saw is dusty and loud but faster.
Installed it on the house a couple of years ago. 90% lays nice and flat .I think i'ld try a few dabs of silicone to glue down the ones that don't .
We do it all the time. I like that look. Do as Blue said and you should be OK. We don't have hurricanes here, so depending on where you live, you may have to face nail the bottom.