Some use five nails on the starterrow.
Roofing nails per square shingles.
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.
These nails are installed using an air driven nail gun to assure the shingles are fully secured.
This is based on 80 shingles per square.
However placement of the nails is the most important in any roofing job.
Let us explain a bit more.
For high wind areas or when shingles are being applied to a mansard six nails per shingle are required 480 nails per square.
Standard roof installation requires four nails per shingle.
A nail line is indicated on the shingles and locates the correct places to put nails.
It takes four nails per shingle.
Generally you should use four nails per shingle.
That means 252 nails per bundle.
Wood shingles 2 nails per shingle osb plywood 72 nails per sheet.
We use 4 6 nails per shingle depending on the area and steepness of the roof.
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.
The rationale behind the number is that in most cases four nails are the right number of nails to do a quality job.
Other styles of shingles may require more or fewer nails per shingle and may have more or less than 80 shingles per square.
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.
First our nails are 1 inch hot dipped galvanized ring shanked for extra bite versus a smooth shank that is less secure.
This amounts to an average of 320.
In high windareas more will be needed.
There are 63 shingles perstandard bundle.