How To Nail Cedar Shake Siding

Use galvanized nails or staples for most of the job but stainless steel nails are the best choice wherever the heads will show.

How to nail cedar shake siding.

How to install staggered cedar shake siding. You can hand nail with galvanized casing nails but most builders use something like a bostich trim nailer for speed. The idea is to avoid double nailing the board which will cause cracks when it shrinks. Adjust the stapler so it drives the staples just flush and does not indent them.

Use two fasteners to apply each certi label shingle or shake. Apply both nails 3 4 inches from the edge of each shake or shingle and about 1 1 2 inches above the exposure line. Drive the staple flush with a hammer. Step 4 choices of design.

Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 4 inch penetration into solid wood using one nail per piece spaced at a maximum of 24 inches on center. Start at the bottom of the wall at one end. Where possible the bottom of the board that is placed across the top of the windows should coincide with the window cap. Place nail just above the overlap.

Each row overlaps the. Begin the installation by wrapping the house with a waterproof membrane either 15 to 30 pound felt or semi permeable house wrap. Apply overlapping horizontal rows of building paper onto the shear wall using a staple gun with 3 8 inch staples. Nails are used to secure each shake and spaced accordingly so that the next line of shakes will cover the preceding line.

Using the nail gun drive a single nail at one end of a cedar shake piece of siding and then carefully align it along the snap line attaching another nail at the opposite end. Install the windows and door jambs so you can trim the doors windows and corners of the house with wood trim. Nails should be long enough to penetrate underlying materials in the cedar shingles at least 3 4 inches or all the way through. Both t g and bevelled siding gets a fastener 3 4 above the top of the board below.

Go back and nail subsequent nails along the top edge of this cedar shake siding piece. Align the thick lower edge of a cedar shake at the lower edge.