I just purchased a DIY shed and I have to roof it. I have a few other projects like a fence to put up and a patio to cover and was thinking of buying a compressor/nailer combo kit, comes with a finishing nailer, a brad nailer, and a stapler. I know I would use the kit frequently but I wanted to know if I would need a different nail gun to attach shingles to the roof of the shed and patio cover. Any help would be wonderful.
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You need a nail with a large head to hold down a shingle, which a roofing nail has and a finish nail doesn’t have.
A shed and a patio cover is a very small job, and can easily be nailed by hand.
NO! A finishing gun only takes nails with little heads. Shingles need nails with wide heads, called roofing tacks. Small head nails will just pull through the shingle.
No. Do not be fooled by "professional" roofing people who will insist that staples will do a good job on shingles. All they are saying is that they can lay a lot of shingles in a hurry and collect money and get out of sight before the staples rust out and the shingles blow off in the wind. Use proper shingle nails. It does not take that much longer to do a shed and patio with a hammer and nails especially if you consider the time it takes to string out an extension cord, fiddle around loading the tool and then putting everything back in storage.
If you feel the need to use the new tools. The stapler might work, as some roofers use them. But if it is a small area, just use a hammer.
Buy the kit, rent a roofing nailer at HD or rent a center. If it’s a small job, use a hammer. We’ve roofed many buildings for centuries with a hammer and roofing nails.
To attach roofing shingles, you need roofing nails, not finish nails. It does not matter if you use a pneumatic nailer to do it or not, as long as you use the correct fastener for the job. And no, you can not shoot roofing nails with a finish nailer. But if you were to invent an all purpose nailer, you would be rich.
Use the stapler.