Nails For Asbestos Siding

1 hot dipped galvanized premium white siding nails.

Nails for asbestos siding.

Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos. 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. 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.

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. Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Use a nail gun or hammer to drive nails into the shingle.

Designed for use with all weatherside fiber cement siding shingles. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. Non corrosive hot dipped galvanized premium siding nails.

Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look. Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding. When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.

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