Nails For Asbestos Siding

Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look.

Nails for asbestos siding.

1 hot dipped galvanized premium white siding nails. Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration. Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos. Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding.

It is easy to install after properly removing the old siding simply nail the weatherside siding in place and paint. When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home. 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. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.

Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. 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. Don t nail through existing asbestos shingles since this could cause harmful dust to get airborne.

Non corrosive hot dipped galvanized premium siding nails. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward. Designed for use with all weatherside fiber cement siding shingles. Complete your weather side siding installation like a professional with matching weather side accessories.

Each bag contains enough nails to install approximately one square 100 ft 2 of siding.