Length of collated nails when installing paneling?

[Anna1984]

I will hire a carpenter to assemble my modular garage. However, I will install the horizontal paneling that comes in varying lengths myself. I have a Hitachi nail gun intended for 21-degree nails.

What length is suitable for installing horizontal paneling?
I looked at Jula and found banded nails:
http://www.jula.se/bandad-tradspik-500-pk-362107

Should I use 65, 75, or 90 nails?

 

[Ömannen]

65 or 75 work well, just make sure not to shoot them too deep, the holes will be quite unsightly otherwise.

 

[vectrex]

The length largely depends on what you are attaching to. If it is not cross-battened, the nailing battens will lie directly on top of the standing studs, and then you can essentially have nails as long as you want.

If it is cross-battened, your nailing battens will not have support all the way, and then you should choose panel nails so that you do not puncture the windproof paper/membrane behind.

 

[Anna1984]

They are straight studs that are 90 mm.

 

[FredrikR]

You do have an air gap between the panel and the framework, right? It should be a 28x60 nail batten/sparse panel (or similar) outside the wind barrier/fabric.

 

[Ömannen]

What does the air gap have to do with the length of the nail?

 

[FredrikR]

What does the air gap have to do with the length of the nail?

Nothing. Other than that the panel is not nailed to the framework, which I assume is 90mm.

 

[hantverkare1]

Nothing more than that the panel is not nailed into the frame, which I assume is 90mm.

The frame is vertical and the nail battens are also vertical, which means that if the nail is longer than the thickness of the panel and the nail batten, it goes into the frame.

65 mm nails work excellently, but 75 tend to be cheaper and those work excellently too.

 

[vectrex]

Nothing. more than the panel not being nailed to the frame, which I assume is 90mm.

But that's what matters because you don't want to puncture the wind barrier!

 

[hantverkare1]

But that's what matters because you don't want to puncture the vapor barrier!

The barrier is clamped between the frame and the nail batten.

 

[FredrikR]

My response was intended as a little 'heads up' since the original poster mentioned the panel would be nailed into 90mm studs, rather than nailing battens. But if there are studs behind, it obviously doesn't matter if you nail with 4" nails.
But generally, 60-75mm nails are common for panel nailing.

 

[Snailman]

I have all the panel at the same level, meaning it's not overlapping panels, then a 27mm nailing batten underneath and then exterior plasterboard, so I have 50mm long nails (Biltema has 50mm 21-degree machine nails), 22+28= 50mm, anything longer than 50mm would just perforate the exterior plasterboard.

And I don't have studs under the nailing batten, in general, I don't want lots of thermal bridges.

 

[Anna1984]

Which nail should you bet on? Biltema, Jula, Hornbach? Any brand that is more affordable than another?

 

[hantverkare1]

Which nail should one go for? Biltema, Jula, Hornbach? Any brand more worth the price than others?

I've never noticed any difference.

Biltema has a good price, I probably shot 100 boxes of 75 and 90 nails last year bought at Biltema. No problems at all.

 

[Anna1984]

I have never noticed any difference.

Biltema has good prices, I probably shot 100 boxes of 75 and 90 nails last year bought at Biltema. No problems at all.

Just looked at their website. Is it the nails they call trådspik?