Installing Vinyl Siding With Nail Gun

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Installing vinyl siding with nail gun.

If you are installing vinyl siding manually with no power tools then nails are your only real option. I d say every 10th nail comes out at such an angle to clip the edge of the hole and either crack the siding or just put a hole in the edge that you have to pry out to allow the siding to move. Use aluminum galvanized steel or other corrosion resistant nails staples or screws when installing vinyl siding. All fasteners must be able to penetrate a minimum of 1 1 4 32mm into nailable material such as wood sheathing and framing fig.

The gun should have adjustments so you can change the pressure used based on the type of siding you are nailing into. Technique however is critical. Vinyl siding tends to expand and contract considerably with temperature changes. Simply go outside grab the lower edges of a siding course and try to slide it back and forth photo 1.

You cannot use a brad gun for installing siding because the brads leave two holes for each brad and do not hold up as well as siding nails. If you are doing regular horizontal siding the trick really is to make sure you are holding the gun square to the siding and to the building. Because of this a pneumatic nail gun can make the job much easier. Choose a nail gun that will accept siding nails.

For this reason manufacturers design it to hang loosely on the nails rather than to be tightly nailed like wood siding. You can use a hand powered staple gun but both nails and staples must penetrate the backing. The problem should be easy to diagnose.