Nails For Asbestos Siding

Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward.

Nails for asbestos siding.

Designed for use with all weatherside fiber cement siding shingles. Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos. Keep the nails 1 inch 2 5 cm below the top of the shingles and space them around 12 inches 0 30 m apart from one another. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle.

Complete your weather side siding installation like a professional with matching weather side accessories. Nail the new shingles in place carefully don t let your final hammer strokes drive the nail so hard against the fiber cement shingle or asbestos cement shingle that you break it. Don t nail through existing asbestos shingles since this could cause harmful dust to get airborne. Non corrosive hot dipped galvanized premium siding nails.

Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.

When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home. Use a nail gun or hammer to drive nails into the shingle. Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding. Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration.

Each bag comes with enough nails to install approximately 100 sq.