Nails For Asbestos Siding

Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look.

Nails for asbestos siding.

It is easy to install after properly removing the old siding simply nail the weatherside siding in place and paint. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s. Non corrosive hot dipped galvanized premium siding nails. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely.

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. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward. Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding. Don t nail through existing asbestos shingles since this could cause harmful dust to get airborne.

Each bag contains enough nails to install approximately one square 100 ft 2 of siding. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle. 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. 1 hot dipped galvanized premium white siding nails.

Each bag comes with enough nails to install approximately 100 sq. Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration. 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.

When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home.