Roof Nails Vs Staples

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Roof nails vs staples.

Staples also offered excellent holding strength and could be installed over a larger roof area quickly. Staples cost less money. Staples cost less than nails offer exceptional holding strength and cover a greater area of space with a more versatile and compact collation. Staples are much more compact.

Staples are the method used years ago that gave machine roofing a bad name. Staples are far less prone to jamming up in a gun than nails. In the past when it came to the debate of roofing nails versus staples the industry was split down the middle. They are an accepted fastener by shingle manufacturers such as sbc and maibec.

Local codes residential say that either 2 nails or staples can be used and that s for roof and wall sheathing. I have never had to repair a stapled roof but the nail advocates all claim that staples are garbage. A roofer can hold a bunch of sticks of staples in their pocket and reload their gun very quickly. Although staples are allowed in some jurisdictions they do not provide the same holding power.

After all it s no surprise roofers loved staples for attaching shingles to roofing. Hand naming will not do it. Roofing staple guns were light and easy to use over the newer and heavier roofing nail guns that were coming onto the market. I can t see them being of any lesser quality than roofing nails.

Coil nail guns are literally fed with a coil of nails and the holder for the nails makes the gun much bulkier. From my understanding properly places staples vs properly placed 2 nails have little to no difference in holding power the argument is that staples will break easier. In my experience staples have much better holding power than nails. Remodelers may roof by hand because they are not willing to invest in the equipment.

Note the differences in the specification and length of the fasteners as well as the nail staple patterns. Staples while the staple can also be used in finishing wood projects they are not nails. Make no mistake we are in business to make money. For one staples cost less than nails adding to their profit per roof.

The preferred fastener is galvanized roofing nails with a minimum 12 gauge shank and head diameter of at least 3 8 inch. Theoretically staples should hold just as well as nails but with a wider coverage hold down area. When properly installed a staple grabs and holds more material than the small head nail could ever hope to. We are talking nails hand or gun.