A chris yerkes a cedar shingle installer certified by the cedar shake and shingle bureau cssb and owner of cedar works in brewster mass responds.
Best stapler for cedar shingles.
The last cedar siding job i did i used about 17 000 nails.
I always used stainless steel ring shank nails i believe they were about 1 1 2 long for siding.
Hand nails or 18 gauge staples in cedar shingles.
This staple gun has a wider rubber grip trigger that fits very well in your hand.
I am pretty sure the best way to keep cedar shingles on the side of a house is to staple them with a 1 2 inch crown stapler unless anyone would advise differently but i m more interested in any advice or brilliant tips on fastening the ones that you need to face nail gable end triangles or the last row etc.
When i started in the sidewall shingling business i was taught the old school hand nail method for attaching shingles now i m the ripe old age of 47 and i was probably.
There are 1 1 2 ss staples for it that are the best thing to use with cedar that won t be finished.
Hand nails or 18 gauge staples in cedar shingles.
The porter cable us58 is a stapler designed primarily for upholstery use.
Crown stapler tool only.
Im currently working on a quote for a shed to be built they want cedar shingles on it and im.
Oh one other thing on cedar and larch and redwood shingles especially but generally on all siding they are highly prone to black streaking from the sap corroding the nails and from galvanizing oxidizing so i highly recommend using stainless steel nails if you don t want the siding showing black streaking within the first few years.
Best pneumatic nailer for cedar shingles i use a senco sns45xp stapler which shoots 7 16 crown staples.
Galv staples will bleed.
Best seller ryobi 18 volt one cordless compression drive 3 8 in.
One of the main reasons for this is that it uses 1 4 inch to 5 8 inch staples which are perfect for holding down material to wood.
Q which is better for attaching sidewall shingles nails or staples.
And you will use a ridiculous amount of nails.
It could be used for other applications but it works best when you re working with furniture.
The roberts model 10 600 professional electric stapler has a 14 gauge 12 foot long power cord.