Nails For Asbestos Siding

Designed for use with all weatherside fiber cement siding shingles.

Nails for asbestos siding.

Use a nail gun or hammer to drive nails into the shingle. 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. Let the siding dry then prime and paint with the best exterior latex you can find. It is easy to install after properly removing the old siding simply nail the weatherside siding in place and paint.

1 hot dipped galvanized premium white siding nails. Don t nail through existing asbestos shingles since this could cause harmful dust to get airborne. Each bag contains enough nails to install approximately one square 100 ft 2 of siding. Start by hooking the siding on the bottom of the starter strip with the nail holes facing upward.

Covering old asbestos shingles with new siding may seem like an option too but it s not easy to do safely. Asbestos shingles are relatively strong but brittle. Guide to siding over asbestos cement siding. Lead paint wasn t outlawed until 1978 so it s sure to be present on siding going back to the 1950s.

Weatherside is even resistant to warping denting rotting expansion contraction and termite infiltration. Provide maximum holding power and an excellent finished look. Unlike some of the original siding shingles that it replaces weatherside pre primed siding shingles contain no asbestos. When you nail siding to the house remember to nail the siding loose do not hammer the nail all the way into the home.

Each bag comes with enough nails to install approximately 100 sq.