Nails For Asbestos Siding

Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration.

Nails for asbestos siding.

Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle. Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look. Non corrosive hot dipped galvanized premium siding nails. Don t nail through existing asbestos shingles since this could cause harmful dust to get airborne.

Each bag comes with enough nails to install approximately 100 sq. It is easy to install after properly removing the old siding simply nail the weatherside siding in place and paint. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. Each bag contains enough nails to install approximately one square 100 ft 2 of siding.

Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward. 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.

When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. 1 hot dipped galvanized premium white siding nails. Designed for use with all weatherside fiber cement siding shingles.

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.