Nailer For Fence Slats

BrentV

Dumb question:

What type of pneumatic nail gun (Stapler, Brad or Finish Nailer) do you use to attach fence slats to a picket fence? I am repairing a fence for a family member. Since I am doing it for free I didn’t want to pay one of my subs to do it. Thanks in advance for the help.

Brent

bob the builder

I use ring shank 8d nails with a framing nailer...

Bob

Scott Young

ring shank or screw shank 8s in a framer. if it is a standard 6ft dog eared privacy fence that contractors tend to put up i use medium crown 16ga staples. it all depends on how nice the customer wants it.

cjc21021

I agree with Bob 8d ring shank.

Mike Finley

Yep, and use stainless steel if it's cedar.

maxpower

Hi all - this is my first post on this forum. For what its worth, in Australia we generally use fixing/finishing guns (16guage) to attach pickets (65mmx19mm) to fences. If we are talking paling fences say 100mm and 150mm boards with a 1inch overlap for privacy we use coilers shooting 45mm clouts. Make sense ? Probably not

osborn

I have a Makita an611 splitless nailer. Its awesome.

needthingsdone?

Nails are all well and good, but... Every fence I seem to come across lately, unless it's high quality, seems predisposed to twisting boards that seem to rip the nails right out of the rails. I always try to use stainless steel trim head screws with pt fence panels or SS suare drives with cedar or cypress.

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zoso

If it isn't that crappy PT pine, there shouldn't be any warpage using nails. I'm not a shill for the cedar people, just hate pine. I use a Bostitch coiler and it rules.

And yes, always stainless.

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Teetorbilt

Use SS if it's PT. The jury is still out on the new stuff.

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Fence1

New member (2nd post). Hello everyone! IMO, I have been using a Bostitch N8 nail gun, and Bostitch compressor since 1982. They are still on the job. Been in this business since 1968. I have found the Bostitch 6D (Galva-Tech) nails work just fine in all types of nailed fence boards, and they prevent approximately 95% of the rust nail bleed.

bcf

Agreeing with the everyones' posts, 1 3/4" SS 8d ring shank. I believe I also use the N8, and 3" SS screws to attach to posts.

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Fence1

Good quality materials. I stopped using screws years ago, due to customer complaints of natural WRC board cracks after the green wood dried down, and board shrinkage. Many needed to be replaced, and "screwed" boards were a P-I-T-A! As I said, I like the Bostitch Galva-Tech 6D nails with irridite coatings. They self-seal upon being shot into the boards, and the cracked-damaged boards are not that hard to be removed, for replacement. Just old-dog school ways, I guess?

Nail Geek

I would definitely recommend stainless steel nails with a ring shank or even ss staples to install fence pickets. Because of the new pressure treatments and acids in cedar and redwood your only long-term option is to go with at least a 304-grade stainless steel. It doesn’t matter how much zinc you load onto the nail whether it’s electro or hot dip, at the end of the day it's still just a coating and will eventually break down causing rust stains and streaks. If you're using quality wood stainless should be considered.

tomdigger

I use duo fast (aluminum nail) fence and or siding nailer. No bleeding and are very hard to pull out!

hrscammisa

I like Elmers but you have to stand there awhile

John Hyatt

We use a Senco 12'' stapler runing with the grain and 409 construction adhesive. The glav fasteners countersink and we always use twp finish so bleading is not an issue. No Lie Guys that adhesive will not give it up trying to remove a mistake results in pullling the board off with part of the wood still stuck to the board. John