Cedar Siding Nails Popping

Wood siding failure diagnosis for siding installed over foam insulation.

Cedar siding nails popping.

The nails on the side i am painting now have the heads popping out of the siding. Now i have a nail gun and 2 3 8 ring shank nails for siding to use to re secure the siding but need little advise. Popped nails weather can warp wood siding and cause nails to pop out making siding look unsightly. The nail heads are very rusty and disintegrating.

Fill the old nail holes with wood filler. On the outside of my house i have 7 year old 4 x 9 grooved 8 oc fiber cement panel siding 3 side of my house. It is popping nails because they use smooth 45 degree paper corrugated nails to put it on. Don t use finish nails for exterior work.

If wood soaks up moisture and then dries out it can warp or move. If the wood or whatever wants to move what is holding it. Whether you install clapboard t1 11 cedar shakes or board and batten siding on your house you can attach it with either nails or screws. This article discusses the causes and cure of wood siding failures including when siding is installed over rigid foam insulation how to prevent siding cupping siding nail pops siding splitting siding separation or misalignment at butt joints and other wood clapboard and hardboard siding failures.

Moisture and settling of the house is generally the. Nails pop out basically because of the movement of the wood. Finish nails for exterior cedar trim. Just like losing a hubcap on your car there is no quicker way to lose elegance than to have a board warp away from your house and leave a budding forest of nail heads.