One and a half inch roofing nails typically have a large 11 gauge shank and an oversize 7 16 inch flat head.
Estimate nails for roofing.
You will also need 5 nails for each starter shingle.
High wind areas and other types of shingles may need more.
Nails will also be required for any roofing project.
The house base area is the area of land that the house covers and for more complex shapes can be estimated using the area calculator.
Boards used for sheathing range from those with a 4 inch face to 48 inch long plywood sheets.
The following tools estimate the area of a roof as well as the amount of materials necessary to construct a roof of a given area.
Calculate the entire area to be built and the number of nails required.
The average 3 tab shingle needs four nails per shingle.
At 4 nails per field shingle that s about 320 nails per square.
In high wind areas you need five nails per shingle or 480 nails per square.
Our calculator will estimate your total roofing cost installed including the cost of materials labor and warranty for any major type of roof including 3 tab asphalt shingles architectural and premium composition shingles pvc tpo epdm rubber built up roofs cedar shakes and shingles clay tiles natural slate and metal roofing.
The cost of materials for a basic 3 tab 25 year shingles could range anywhere from 150 to 200 per square for all the necessary materials.
For high wind areas use 6 nails per shingle or 480 nails per square.
How to estimate roofing materials.
Although roofing projects are estimated and sold by the square roofing material is often not sold in 1 square increments.
Estimate how many roofing nails you ll need.
A structure s roof truss spacing can vary from every 12 to 24 inches.
Owens corning provides estimating guidelines to estimate the amount of shingles nails and underlayment you will need for your roofing project as well as tips for determining your roof slope.
Tax is not included.
In addition to composition shingles materials may also include any necessary roofing felt underlayment ice and water shield nails ridge vent and roof flashing details such as valley drip edge gable and chimney flashing and caulk.
How to use asphalt shingle calculator estimate shingle cost estimator.
The measurements entered represent a rectangle of roof on one side of the building the calculator uses these measurements to.
The number of nails needed for a roof varies on multiple factors such as board face width length and roof truss spacing.
320 nails will.
