Roofing Staples Vs Nails

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Roofing staples vs nails.

Roofing staple guns were light and easy to use over the newer and heavier roofing nail guns that were coming onto the market. Staples cost less money. Does underwriters laboratories ul recognize the use of staples. Also the roofer fires off more than needed into the shingle.

They rust they back out they don t hold and they put two holes through the roof shingle whereas a nail only one. Staples are far less prone to jamming up in a gun than nails. A roofer can hold a bunch of sticks of staples in their pocket and reload their gun very quickly. Staples are the method used years ago that gave machine roofing a bad name.

1 1 2 galvanized roofing nails require 30 50 lbs. Of force to pull out. Spirals and ring shank nails require more than 100 lbs. Hand naming will not do it.

Hodges roofing only uses nails. 3 4 staples pull out with 5 10 lbs. Staples should be totally banned from the roofing industry. We are talking nails hand or gun.

Similarly 19 32 osb roof sheathing would be 8d common box or casing nails at 6 on center at the panel edges and 12 on center in the field or 2 16 gage staples at 4 on center at the panel edges and 8 on center in the field. Staples are much more compact. For one staples cost less than nails adding to their profit per roof. I ve had nothing but problems with our roof because of them.

Another point is roofing nails do not have the barbs. Note the differences in the specification and length of the fasteners as well as the nail staple patterns. Make no mistake we are in business to make money. Although staples are allowed in some jurisdictions they do not provide the same holding power.

Local codes residential say that either 2 nails or staples can be used and that s for roof and wall sheathing. The nails must be long enough to penetrate at least 3 4 into wood decks or just through plywood or osb decks. Staples also offered excellent holding strength and could be installed over a larger roof area quickly. Also this crap about 1x6 boards reroofs on most board roofs need to be replaced with 4x8 sheathing.

Any re roofing of my home will not be with staples. Coil nail guns are literally fed with a coil of nails and the holder for the nails makes the gun much bulkier. The preferred fastener is galvanized roofing nails with a minimum 12 gauge shank and head diameter of at least 3 8 inch. Click to enlarge any image.