How To Nail Exterior Barn Wood Siding

Plywood siding is often nailed directly to studs or through an insulating sheathing and serves as a structural sheathing as well as the exterior finish.

How to nail exterior barn wood siding. Nail or screw the board about 1 inch from the edge and let the other edge float. Two or more nails will cause the board to split as it dries and shrinks. Figure 3 shows the right and wrong ways to fasten down the boards. Maximum when applied over solid sheathing and.

For nail spacings see table 1 4 below. Penetration into a solid wood base is 1 1 2 1 1 4 with ring shank nails. Battens which he says he ll finish with a high quality stain. There are many ways to nail board and batten siding.

Horizontal siding should be nailed to studs at 24 o c. Typical nails for one inch thick siding are 2 1 2 long and 3 to 3 1 2 long for battens. Use 6d box siding or casing nails for nominal 1 2 inch plywood siding nailed directly to studs. Nail length ideally you should space the nails so that each one penetrates a stud.

Plywood building siding nailing pattern nail spacing guide. Remember to add length for any material like furring strips or rain screen mat between the siding and sheathing. The other thing to remember is to use only one nail across the width of the board. Vertical siding should be nailed to blocking or other wood framing members not over 36 on center when face nailed and 32 on center when blind nailed.

The flathead siding nail most commonly used is driven flush with the face of the siding and the head covered later with paint. The small head finishing nail is set driven with a nail set about 1 16thinch below the face of the siding and the hole is filled with putty after the prime coat of paint is applied. His plans call for 9 1 2 in. Writing to fine homebuilding s breaktime forum wenws is looking for some advice on the best way to finish the board and batten siding for his new house.

Here are four methods to do the job right.