Faom Siding Insulation With Nail Strips

Minimum nail length must accommodate sheathing and penetrate framing a minimum 1 inches.

Faom siding insulation with nail strips.

I plan a similar wall structure as you. On center that were fastened to the underlying studs. 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. Over masonry sub surface 1 in.

Last year i installed lp lap smart trim shingles and the 4x8 sheets of lp with batts all over 3 of continous xps foam using fern strips. So technically speaking you can t nail through or even use 2 in. Set the nail heads flush with the foam board. Do not overdrive and dimple the foam.

Well call me half hazard. Drive nails with a hammer through the foam board into the studs nails spaced 24 inches apart along each stud. Lp siding with fern strips over insulation. That said i ve nailed vinyl to furring strips set 24 in.

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. Wood strips are installed with masonry nails over the masonry area to be sided. 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. Secondly at 2 thickness the foam acts like a vapor barrier so it s possible that water vapor that s inside the wall might get trapped between the foam and.

When applying james hardie siding to furring strips which is applied on foam sheathing or other non nailable substrates e g. Table r704 3 note v. Of course i did this all knowing my warranty would be void. Installing foam board insulation under vinyl siding.

The nails must penetrate the furring a minimum of 1 2 inch. Of foam and you can t use furring strips which are not a flat solid surface without voiding the warranty. 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. 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.

The products are easy to handle score cut and install and no special tools are needed.