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   Guest_ | Jan 19, 1999 04:02am | #1

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   Yes,

   If you are going to fork out the big bucks for 5/8 sheathing, you should fork out a few small bucks for nails. As a matter of fact save money on the sheathing and use more nails.

   Does your local code require 5/8 sheathing? What pattern is required for staples? What for nails?

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   Trent_Land | Jan 19, 1999 04:47am | #2

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   Mike, This is a cedar shingle job so I wanted to go with 5/8's. Code is 6" o.c. edges and 12" intermediate. Same for nails.
   Fred, I have only nailed roof plywood in the past. Good point on removal. Hope I don't have to pull any wall panels off.

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   Guest_ | Jan 26, 1999 07:01pm | #3

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   Hi Trent,

   I just finished a Cedar Shingle job. 7/16 osb was fine. I both hand nailed and used a porter cable ms200 med. crown stapler for the shingles and the sheathing. Both worked very well but I don't use the gun like a machine gun. I also used a paslode for the sheathing.

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   Stephen_Cantone | Jan 30, 1999 07:28am | #4

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   Staples are the pits... Have you ever tried to dig into the side of a shingled house to change an opening or tie in a roofline on a new addition ? If the shingles were put on with a stapler, this already irritating task becomes a real nitemare. Staples in roof sheathing were also cited as the leading cause of roof failures during hurricane Andrew a few years ago. Stick with nails.

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   Guest_ | Jan 30, 1999 02:25pm | #5

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   Had a roof job a few years ago here in northwest Ohio on 5 condo's. Original shingles were stapled on. Shingles would come off in regular winds. Went to estimate lay over roof, could actually grab hand-fulls of staples out of gutters!

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   Guest_ | Feb 02, 1999 02:05am | #6

   *I agree with the statments about staples for roof shingles. I won't use them with roofing even if requested by the home owner. All the problems that I have seen or heard of with staples for sheathing coming off have been related to not enough staples or the staples missing the studs. It is a problem to remove a sheet that is stapled, you almost have to saw it off. As far as nails or staples for the sheathing, if you have a nailer or a stapler, use whichever you have, either will hold well. If you have to buy the gun, the porter cable ms200 that I have was only $224 mail order, about $174 cheaper than a coil nailer.

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   Woodchip | Apr 17, 1999 08:13am | #7

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   For roofing Staple crowns cut through the shingles. We are talking about pnumatic staplers arent we? Allthough I DID encounter an architectural roof (builders own former home even) that was applied with a HAND hammer tacker stapler of the arrow veriety ( the large one.. not the ht50a)I was amazed this builders own home was built so shodily. For sheathing a lot depends on the gauge, coating, length, and stapling pattern. But I dont see best staples out performing the poorest nails in the same nailing schedule IMHO.

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   Trent_Land | Apr 17, 1999 08:13am | #8

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   I'm in a region having basic wind speeds of 90 mph or less and local codes permit 16 ga. staples for 5/8 plywood wall sheathing. Does anyone have any reasons not to use staples in this application?