Roofing Nails Per Shingle

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.

The rationale behind the number is that in most cases four nails are the right number of nails to do a quality job. Let us explain a bit more. General fastening rules proper fastening is essential to a good roof performance. 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.

Inquire at the hardware store regarding the size of nail you ll need and how many pounds or kilograms you ll need of that size. If you have high wind areas you will want to use five nails pers shingle equating to about 480 per square. Use the grip rite 11 x 1 1 4 in. 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.

These nails are installed using an air driven nail gun to assure the shingles are fully secured. For reroofing shingle over shingle or hip and ridge application it is necessary to use minimum 35 mm long roofing nails. Standard roof installation requires four nails per shingle. 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.

Roof material nail length pounds per square coils per square. For high wind areas use 6 nails per shingle or 480 nails per square. The nails should be long enough to go 3 4 inch 1 9 cm into the roof. 3 use the grip rite 11 x 1 1 4 in.

This amounts to an average of 320. However placement of the nails is the most important in any roofing job. This adds up to an average of 320 nails or 100 square feet. First our nails are 1 inch hot dipped galvanized ring shanked for extra bite versus a smooth shank that is less secure.

More product details close. If your decking is less than 3 4 inch then a 1 1 2 inch nail will suffice. We use 4 6 nails per shingle depending on the area and steepness of the roof. The number of nails per pound or kg differs.

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. Six nails are required for structures with slopes exceeding 60 degrees or 21 inches per foot.