I had a contractor re-side the front of my shop with cedar. Since then, I’ve decided I want to add nails to the bottom of each board to keep them from curling up. This was done on my cedar house and has worked well. Since the nails will be exposed I don’t want them to bleed. What kind of nails should I used?
Bill
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Stainless Steel ring shanks , siding nails, not framing nails.
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Clapboards? stainless steel of course (if you insist you need them).
fair enough. thanks
Have you ever blind nailed wood clapboards? I haven't but I can't imagine it's a good idea.
Hi Mike, not sure if you're addressing the question to me intentionally but intended it to the OP?
I wasn't suggesting blind nailing. I was wondering if the OP really needed to add more nails in the siding that someone else installed. Is it clear to him that the original installer did not use enough?
Note that since the boards are nailed at the top, additional nails at the bottom will "trap" the board and cause splitting if it shrinks. For this reason, you should "age" the boards for a year or so before nailing, and nail them during a relatively dry period.
I'm not fond of blind nailing for any sort of solid siding, except perhaps really narrow stuff.