Nailing Tongue And Groove Siding

In horizontal application start at the bottom and work up with the groove edges facing downwards.

Nailing tongue and groove siding. Lay in the following course of tongue and groove board next to the first. Tongue groove installation tongue and groove siding can be installed horizontally or vertically. Siding up to 6 inches wide can be blind nailed with one siding nail per bearing toe nailed through the base of each tongue. Because the overlap is less than on other types of siding these provide somewhat less protection from the elements.

To ensure that the nail gets into the groove where it will be hidden it must be inserted at an angle. Drive the nails through the shoulder of the tongues into the framing at about a 45 degree angle. Align the groove with the tongue and slide the board in place. The siding can be made of many different types of wood and generally give a rustic cabin like appearance to a wall.

This is called blind nailing the only location that we installed fasteners in the face of the cedar was at the top where a trim board was covering it. With tongue and groove paneling the nails are inserted into the groove and hammered to below the surface. Because the nail goes in at an angle and needs to be sunk a nail gun is a better option than a hammer. One of the cool things about tongue and groove walls is that you can use a technique called blind nailing if you do it properly you won t have any nail heads showing or holes to fill.

The stales are installed every 12 into the tongue of the board and are covered and hidden by the next boards groove is installed. The next grooved edge will hide the nail holes. A variety of siding types fit together by means of tongues and grooves or over and underlapping edges. Rest a piece of scrap wood next to the board s tongue and hit it with the hammer if the second board resists placement directly against the first board with no gap.