Blind Nailing Of Lap Siding

With blind nailing each course covers the fasteners on the course below which provides a better looking installation.

Blind nailing of lap siding.

Siding shall be installed with top blind nailing with the nails placed 3 8 inch 10 mm from either end and a minimum of 3 4 inch 19 mm from the top edge of the board. Butt end joint a joint created by placing edges of lap siding end to end without overlapping. My painter puttied and painted a couple of clapboard sided homes i ve done and you can t tell where the nails are several years later. Blind nailing nailing through top of plank blind nailing is recommended for installing any type of hardieplank lap siding including colorplus siding.

The siding does not move at all with nails in the bottom of the board as you have effectively nailed the board at the bottom and top once the nails go in the bottom of the next. Beaded a narrow half round molding at the base of a lap siding panel. With blind nailing each course of hardiplank lap siding covers the fasteners on the course below which provides the best looking siding installation. This nail line should be used as a guide for proper nail placement when blind nailing.

It s a safe and more effective way to. Blind nailing preferred installation james hardie prefers and recommends installation of hardieplank lap siding by the blind nailing technique such that fasteners are hidden by the course above. From the ends of the plank. Nailing at the top.

To make the installation easier james hardie hardieplank hz5 lap siding is manufactured with a nail line. Blind nailing fastening through the top edge of lap siding so that the fastener head will be covered by the next course of siding. From the top edge and no closer than 3 8 in. Fasteners shall be installed between 1 in.

For most exterior boards especially hardieplank and other fiber cement materials the best way to nail is corner to corner blind nailing blind nailing refers to nailing each board one at a time and then overlapping that nailed layer with the next board so that all nails are hidden. Galvanized nails would have bled through by now. On smooth siding i set the nails slightly and putty the hole. I actually prefer nailing the siding boards at the bottom specifically because it holds the lap siding in much better than blind nailing i e.