What Do You Nail Your Wall Sheathing With?

JumboJack

They are.

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in texas with framing and cornish people will do it for 3.00 a foot. What do yall think about that? Just laber

Mellison

It's been about 15 years since I framed a house but we always used 8d's.

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loneframer

I always use 8d ring shanks with full round heads. 9 nails on the butts and 7 in the field. Sheathing is ran horizontally.

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TimelessQuality

Does FesTool make a hammer???

clip head 8's, shoot 'em by the box

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KennMacMoragh

I haven't looked into it that much. I learned by word of mouth, I remember people were trying to sell their staple guns because staples weren't allowed anymore.

WallMonkey

Around here, we use 7/16 osb, 7/16 staple's, and staple per plans for residential.

However 8d's are code on commercial projects, osb or cdx. Flush Nailer's are required to keep from over-penetrating though!

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A W Smith

back in the day we used seven penny rosin coated box nails or "coolers" as sixes were too short and eights a bit too long. Still got a bucket full of them in the shed. Now i use paper colated eights sometimes ring shank sometimes smooth.

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galla35

i always use 8's normaly hand pounded

jeffatsquan

I still sheath with 1"x12" net 7/8" on the diagonal so I shot senco kc27aab 131
or 10 penny com. gavily they seem to really suck the board in to the framing much more than the 8's

jonjenk

I used to do most of my work in northern Minnesota. Now I'm living and working in the Seattle / Bellingham areas of Washington.

Even though the code in both states is based on the IRC the difference in terms of strictness and enforcement regarding both plans and construction is shocking.

In northern Minnesota you could throw up anything. Nails, staples, whatever... Heck you might be able to get away with slapping on a load of construction adhesive as long as you can get the sheathing to stick long enough to bond.

Here in Washington things are much more strict. My current project has plans that specify nailing schedules in great detail on each section of the house (8d except on the ABWPs which have 10d). Granted the seismic requirements here are not an issue in Minnesota. It was still shocking how much more difficult it is to get to the point where you can even pick up a hammer in Washington.

Chris@Sunrise

We shoot whatever the print or GC specify. Also if thers no spec then follow manufactures recomendation on staples or nail pattern. Staples are faster and less expensive and if its not specethere great. Ive framed quite a few where the engineer put an optional schedule for staples move 6 edge 12 field to 4 edge 12 field 16 gauge staples 4 inch edge was 2 in oc and there was even portal frame with 3 rows 2 oc. Still way faster and cheaper than nails.

Morning Wood

I always consider any sheathing on bearing walls structural. So I always use 8's. Full round head ring shank galv. Or hand 8's galv common. No box nails. The only thing I use staples for is stuff that needs to be temporarily held in place before something else gets nailed over it. Used staples on cedar sidewall shingles till i had to pull some with the rip. Now back to nails only with shingles.

Kgmz

Welcome to the land of seismic, wind, and snow loads.

And yes some of these engineers go a little overboard, I think just to cover themselves and make sure the plan gets approved. Kind of funny when you see 2 similar approved plans engineered by different engineers and how overboard one will be.

razor888

Hello all,

What are you guys telling customers about the IKO shingles issue? It seems to be blowing up around here in Calgary Canada.

Chris@Sunrise

WTF iko shingles?? Were on shear nailing here.

FramingPro

8d galvanized spirals

PA woodbutcher

2 1/2" ring shanks

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