Cedar Siding Nails Popping

The nails on the side i am painting now have the heads popping out of the siding.

Cedar siding nails popping.

It is popping nails because they use smooth 45 degree paper corrugated nails to put it on. If the wood or whatever wants to move what is holding it. 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. 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.

Popped nails weather can warp wood siding and cause nails to pop out making siding look unsightly. After you have removed the nails hammer ring shanked siding nails into the studs. Fill the old nail holes with wood filler. Finish nails for exterior cedar trim.

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. Wood siding failure diagnosis for siding installed over foam insulation. The nail heads are very rusty and disintegrating. Nails pop out basically because of the movement of the wood.

I had a carpenter use finish nails on all the exterior trim on a house and i had to go back after the paint was finished and renail using a siding gun ss nails. Moisture and settling of the house is generally the. 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. Don t use finish nails for exterior work.