3 degree electro galvanized steel roofing nails 5 lb pack for applying roofing asphalt shingles insulation board and felt to wood substrates.
Roofing nails per shingle.
However placement of the nails is the most important in any roofing job.
If you are putting a layer of asphalt shingles over an existing layer of asphalt shingles on to a 3 4 inch deck or a plank deck then you should be using 1 1 2 inch nails.
A nail line is indicated on the shingles and locates the correct places to put nails.
Let us explain a bit more.
First our nails are 1 inch hot dipped galvanized ring shanked for extra bite versus a smooth shank that is less secure.
Nail fastening pattern a four nail fastening pattern per shingle is required to take advantage of the maximum wind warranty available on owens corning duration shingles.
If your decking is less than 3 4 inch then a 1 1 2 inch nail will suffice.
In some areas of the country building codes may require six nails as well.
Six nails are required for structures with slopes exceeding 60 degrees or 21 inches per foot.
Roof material nail length pounds per square coils per square.
Nail quantity per square shingle manufacturers recommend using four nails per shingle in the main part of the roof and five nails per shingle in the first row.
The number of nails per pound or kg differs.
Standard roof installation requires four nails per shingle.
This adds up to an average of 320 nails or 100 square feet.
Roofing nails per square most shingle manufactures recommend using four nails per shingle on the main area of your roof and five nails per square in the first row of roofing.
For reroofing shingle over shingle or hip and ridge application it is necessary to use minimum 35 mm long roofing nails.
If you have high wind areas you will want to use five nails pers shingle equating to about 480 per square.
This amounts to an average of 320.
Use the grip rite 11 x 1 1 4 in.
Roof nails per unit comp shingles 4 nails per shingle wood shakes 2 nails per shake wood shingles 2 nails per shingle osb plywood 72 nails per sheet.
These nails are installed using an air driven nail gun to assure the shingles are fully secured.
The nails should be long enough to go 3 4 inch 1 9 cm into the roof.
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We use 4 6 nails per shingle depending on the area and steepness of the roof.
3 use the grip rite 11 x 1 1 4 in.
The rationale behind the number is that in most cases four nails are the right number of nails to do a quality job.