How To Nail Tongue And Groove Cedar Siding

Should the framing be covered by sheetrock plywood or house wrap before beginning installation snap a chalklike or mark a line over the covering to ensure you nail at least 1 1 4 into the framing each and every time during installation.

How to nail tongue and groove cedar siding. The tongue section of the board should be at the top with the groove section at the bottom. We used 1 1 4 long 1 4 galvanized staples to install this cedar. Other types of nails will leave stains on your siding. Nails can be spaced up the board about two feet apart and they do need to be stainless steel.

Drive the nails through the shoulder of the tongues into the framing at about a 45 degree angle. This is called blind nailing the only location that we installed fasteners in the face of the. This is part 1 of a 3 part series. To ensure that the nail gets into the groove where it will be hidden it must be inserted at an angle.

Nails should penetrate 1 1 4 inch into solid wood behind the siding. The next grooved edge will hide the nail holes. If the nail is too short it won t hold the pine tongue and groove securely to the ceiling. Cedar t g up to 6 wide can be blind nailed through the tongue at an approximate 45 degree angle with one nail into each framing member.

A variety of siding types fit together by means of tongues and grooves or over and underlapping edges. How to install tongue and groove siding. With tongue and groove paneling the nails are inserted into the groove and hammered to below the surface. If the siding is up to 6 inches wide it can be nailed with one siding nail per bearing but siding any wider should use two nails per bearing.

Tongue groove installation tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically. In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards. Because the nail goes in at an angle and needs to be sunk a nail gun is a better option than a hammer. The length of the nails is more important than the gauge when using the nails to install tongue and groove wood.

Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Tongue and groove or lapped sidings generally have a rustic cabinlike appearance. Because the overlap is less than on other types of siding these provide somewhat less protection from the elements. The nail must be long enough to go through the piece of pine and into the ceiling above.

Just make sure the nail is flush with the tongue so the next groove can fit. One of the cool things about tongue and groove walls is that you can use a technique called blind nailing if you do it properly you won t have any nail heads showing or holes to fill. If installing one half inch pine use 1 1 2 inch nails.