How to fix nails pushing out of wood siding
Nails pushing out of wood siding are often an expected result of temperature changes, though they can sometimes indicate a more serious underlying cause like rot. If you have the time to fix the issue yourself, your main options are to leave them as is, or clip, caulk, and paint the affected areas.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Painting or spraying over the exposed nail tips to blend them in
- 2Installing vented soffit covers and fascia to hide the exposed underside
- 3Requiring roofers to use shorter 7/8-inch or 1-inch nails over exposed eaves
- 4Installing v-groove or beadboard tongue-and-groove before roofing starts to add thickness
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“Nails randomly pushed out from the wood siding. Is this just a factor of temperature change, or could there be a more season underlying cause like rot, etc?”source ↗
“I know that, but what should I do next? Just leave it as is or clip, caulk, and paint?”source ↗
“I know this is expected, they barely pushed through, I feel salty calling them up and complaining, its part of a bigger remodel, I just want to move on. I have time to fix myself what should I do?”source ↗
Where this came up
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