Best and Worst Roofing Nails: Your Roof System Superheroes / 

Use nothing but hot dipped. Worth it

Great video ! these coil nails are our mainly exports products.

Great video! Thanks!

Thanks for the awesome video. Fun science fact: Stainless does rust but it rusts to make chromium oxide which protects the iron inside the stainless steel alloy from becoming iron oxide, which is known as traditional rust.

Great video and tips🤙🏼💪🏼 You just got a new subscriber thanx to this video. Looking forward to future videos with tips and advice!!!!! Again, thank you🤙🏼

Thanks guys!

SVEN and OLEY were up on the roof shingling pounding in the galvie roof nails from a big box, every so often SVEN would grab a nail, look and then pitch it off the roof. OLEY started yellin SVEN!! WTF you throwin them nails off the roof!?!! SVEN said LOOK they pointing the wrong way! the point is facing the wrong way! OLEY said `tchyo za ga`lima?! THOSE ARE FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOF!!...

If I DIY a roof repair involving replacing subroof, and then using tape in between the subroof boards, and then if I replace the underlayment, and then replace the shingles... What should I use? Which products from Home Depot? Should I use nails or screws? What size and type of nails or screws should I use for attaching the subroof to the joists? What type and size nails or screws should I use to attach the plastic nail caps that hold down the underlayment? What size and type of nails or screws should I use to attach the shingles to the subroof? How far away should all these nails and screws (for the sub roof, the underlayment, and the shingles) be placed away from each other? Three inches, six inches, twelve inches, eighteen inches? Should I get some kind of glue to glue the shingles down too to each other at the end? If I do it by hand with a regular drill or with a hammer (for all these screws and/or nails, without a nail gun) what kinds of nails and/or screws should I use? If I'm replacing 500 sqft of roof, do I really need a nail gun? If so, what kind should I get? The site doesn't have electricity (it's an investment property of mine, a foreclosure), so if I need a nail gun, I'm guessing I'll need a generator for electricity, then an air compressor, and then the nail gun too? And then I'll need various lines for the air to travel to for the nail gun, right? Can you tell me all about that? I'd absolutely love a video! Thanks!!! Thanks a million in advance! PS- I'm really hoping I don't need the nail gun, an air compressor, or a generator, so what kinds of nails and/or screws should I put in by hand... Don't worry, I can spend days doing this roof... I'm guessing it will take me, by myself, three or four days. Lastly, should I rent (instead of buy) the nail gun, compressor, and generator? Help! LOL!

I watched a you tube video on Duration Shingles by Ownens Corning...And the best nail for bad weather is Stainless Steel nails.

Hello, I have a new Dewalt pneumatic roofing coil nailer DW45RN. I have a two part question. I’m using hand me down, coil nails 1 1/2 x 3.6mm My nailer says 3mm is required. Will this give me problems? Also it seems Dewalt offers electro shanks nails and I don’t see ringed. Could I run ringed nails though it? Does it matter? Thanks in advance

What kind of nails should I use for tin , this is old tin I’m putting on a goat shed ? It’s 5 rib tin I guess is the correct name but not certain

The best roofing nails don’t come in a coil. There is always more opportunity to overdrive the nails through the shingles. 80 percent of the roofs we do are hand driven with a hatchet and hot dipped nails. Great content video. I pick up a little knowledge from every video.

I switched to ring shank but the Hitachi guns seem to doubble shot or jam up more often. Didnt know they also make them in stainless😻

I saw in another video today, (recently have water leak in roof/shingles due to very high winds over the last couple of weekends), but in the video, the person (and I am sorry, been watching A LOT of videos, mostly from your channel and Mr. Lipinskiy, I did not book mark it), at any rate, the person advised that the electro galvanized nails seem to have rusted EXTREMELY fast/in a short period of time and the heads of the nails were popping off, not holding the shingles down. I would like to know if this is the actual case. I may have to replace my roof in the coming days, and am researching ALL or as many aspects of it (as a home owner, and NOT a roofer, so am doing my due diligence), thank you in advance. Mike M

Nail doesnt have to rust for it to leak ?

Best and Worst Roofing Nails: Roof System Superheroes Comment below if you have a question, like it if you want more content like this! 00:25 Galvanized coil nail 01:03 Ring shank coil nail 01:35 Stainless steel coil nail 02:12 Copper nail 02:57 Plastic cap nail 03:25 Metal cap nail 04:00 Why certain nails rust

The stainless steel ring shank nails are amazing, but definitely pricey

I have trouble with plastic head nails bending, damaging the roofing & needing to have drill holes first

what size roofing nails do you use in the eaves so they wont shine through?

Might have added what is really needed rather than what code will allow or what is out there. A roof is supposed to keep out the elements. So why would nails rust at all unless the shingles have failed? A good roof should last 20 to 30 years, or even more for some. The life expectancy of an electro-galvanized nail is 5 to 10 years, maybe 15 under ideal conditions, which a roof certainly isn't. It is recommended for indoor uses, but it gets used on roofs all the time. If it is MY roof, would I choose electro-galvanized nails? I don't think so. Hot-dipped galvanized nails have a lifespan of 35-50 years. Now that's within the lifetime of a good roof. They are rated for outdoor use which only makes sense on a roof, at least to me. Even though the roof is covered by shingles, moisture will still find a way under and do its work, which is why decks rot away. So I WOULD use hot-dipped galvanized nails on my roof. Ring-shank nails? Holds twice as good as smooth shank, so might be a good idea in a high wind area or used with an OSB deck which doesn't hold a nail as well.

You should educate public better on galvanizing types. You have hot dip galv and electrogalv. Local store will carry cheap electrogalv nails only. Hot dip galvanized and stainless steel nails are special order. Thank you.

Nails don’t do much if you don’t have decking 🤪

Do a video on plywood!

Should you use USA made nails instead of Made in China nails? What should be the difference in total nail cost for a 58 sq roof with OC Duration Flex shingles?

Good job Brent but the video would be better with the stache.

I wish we could find a manufacturing plant in USA or Canada that can produce amazing coil nails with large heads These China nails the heads break off Or the heads are not regular Bostich use to have great nails but don’t make them anymore

The nails only need to last as long as the life of the shingles. If your in a wet environment then use stainless. The average installation is fine with electro galvanized nails. Ring shank nails are overkill so don't waste your money.

“Stainless nails will not rust.” -This is not necessarily accurate. A 400 series stainless will ABSOLUTELY rust. A 300 series will not, though it is more expensive than the nails you showed.

Stainless nails here is 400$ a box