Faom Siding Insulation With Nail Strips

Gypsum sheathing with a combined thickness up to 4 inches thick the foam sheathing and other non nailable substrates do not have nail holding capacity.

Faom siding insulation with nail strips.

The nails must penetrate the furring a minimum of 1 2 inch. Wood strips are installed with masonry nails over the masonry area to be sided. Do not overdrive and dimple the foam. I plan a similar wall structure as you.

Over masonry sub surface 1 in. That said i ve nailed vinyl to furring strips set 24 in. It allows use of a 3 4 inch furring but requires an additional 1 8 inch overlap on the siding and two nails per furring strip. The products are easy to handle score cut and install and no special tools are needed.

When applying james hardie siding to furring strips which is applied on foam sheathing or other non nailable substrates e g. Current pneumatic nailers have maximum fastener lengths of 3 to 3 5 which limits insulation thicknesses to 1 5 max 3 5 fastener to siding 1 embedment 3 5 0 5 1 5 1 5 max insulation. Installing foam board insulation under vinyl siding. Horizontal siding strips should be installed vertically on 12 in.

Of foam and you can t use furring strips which are not a flat solid surface without voiding the warranty. On center that were fastened to the underlying studs. First is you d really need to strap over it so that you can nail siding 1 is about the most i d do with long nails. Table r704 3 note v.

Lp siding with fern strips over insulation. Well call me half hazard. So technically speaking you can t nail through or even use 2 in. Drive nails with a hammer through the foam board into the studs nails spaced 24 inches apart along each stud.

Furring should be installed completely around doors windows and other openings at all corners and at the top and bottom of the area to be sided. Of course i did this all knowing my warranty would be void. Cover the house walls with 4 by 8 foot sheets of rigid foam insulation typically 1 2 to 1 inch thick nailed to wood sheathing with 1 1 2 inch broad headed galvanized nails every 16 to 18 inches. Set the nail heads flush with the foam board.

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