Roofing Nails Per Square Shingles

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Roofing nails per square shingles.

Standard roof installation requires four nails per shingle. That means 252 nails per bundle. For high wind areas or when shingles are being applied to a mansard six nails per shingle are required 480 nails per square. We use 4 6 nails per shingle depending on the area and steepness of the roof.

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. This amounts to an average of 320. Generally you should use four 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.

For regular three tab shingles this would require 320 nails per square. 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. This adds up to an average of 320 nails or 100 square feet.

In high windareas more will be needed. Roof material nail length pounds per square coils per square comp shingles smooth 1 1 33 2 63 comp shingles dimensional 1 1 4 1 63 2 63. A nail line is indicated on the shingles and locates the correct places to put nails. It takes four nails per shingle.

First our nails are 1 inch hot dipped galvanized ring shanked for extra bite versus a smooth shank that is less secure. However placement of the nails is the most important in any roofing job. This is based on 80 shingles per square. Some use five nails on the starterrow.

There are 63 shingles perstandard bundle.