Nailing Beveled Wood Siding

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Nailing beveled wood siding.

New england bevel siding is made with premium grade eastern white pine. Bevel siding should be face nailed to studs with 1 1 4 inch penetration into solid wood using one nail per piece spaced at a maximum of 24 inches on center. When plywood or wood sheathing or spaced wood nailing strips are used on nonwood sheathing sevenpenny or eightpenny nails 2 1 4 and 2 1 2 in. Our beveled wood siding nails are specifically designed for split prone woods.

Drive nails through the bottom of the board about 1. Slim sturdy shank and special blunt point virtually eliminate splits. Each succeeding course overlaps the upper edge of the lower course. Fasten the plank with galvanized ring shank nails long enough to penetrate the siding sheathing and into the wall studs at least 1 1 4 inch.

Bevel siding overlaps the course below it by an inch or more and is face nailed just like clapboards. For jobs that will be left natural or treated with a clear or semi transparent finish we recommend our stainless steel slim jim nails. 8d nails which are 2 1 2 inches long are suitable for most siding materials. Nail length ideally you should space the nails so that each one penetrates a stud.

It is a very good value compared with more expensive alternatives. Long may be used for 3 4 inch thick siding. Bevel siding and bungalow siding are 20th century versions that are generally resawn from boards producing random grain to obtain widths of 8 and more. Take care not to nail through the overlap of two pieces.

This siding has been on homes in the north east since pilgrim times. Do not reduce the siding overlap recommendations given in the installation sections of this publication. Manufacturers recommend nailing modern resawn bevel siding through a single board to allow for wood movement at left. Place nail just above the overlap.

It isn t always possible to nail. Bevel wood siding pattern bevel cedar siding stained racked to dry cedar bevel unit ready for delivery bevel siding is lumber board resawn at an angle to produce two pieces thicker on one edge than the other with a thick butt and a thin upper edge lapped to shed water.