Roofing and Fencing Nailer in one?

In the near future I will be re-roofing my house and replacing my wooden fence. I previously rented a nailer from Home Depot for the inital fence section I did, but with a with more fencing and roofing ahead, I am thinking about buying a nailer or nailers for the jobs vs repeated rentals? I image the roofing will take me multiple days, and the fence another day. I already own the compresser. Does a nailer exist that can do both the shingles and the fence pickets? In other words could I buy one tool for both jobs?

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slindars
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The principal of any nailer is the same, but the actual detail needed to do a roof is different from framing, stapling, etc. No one has made a combo yet that I'm aware of.

Normally I don't recommend cheap tools, but a lot of people have been happy with the Harbor Freight models for light duty work. Three days rental will pay for one.

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Edwin Pawlowski

Roofing nailers will only shoot roofing nails AFAIK. I guess it depends what kind of nails you need for your fence project. If you want to build it with roofing nails then you will be all set with one nailer. If you are planning finish nails or framing nails for your fence project, those, obviously, will be of zero use for a roof.

Roofing nails may not actually be a really bad choice for a painted picket fence.

Like another poster said. You can get some really cheap, disposable, nailers at harbor freight that may very well serve your needs.

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No

It seems that the big box stores almost always have combo packs of tools for sale. I know I've seen bundles of nailers before with 2 or three different nailers. I'll bet a little looking would find a roofing and finish nailer combo.

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SonomaProducts.com

roofing nails by definition have large heads. if you are OK with large head nails on your fence, go ahead.

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bridger

Except that the longest nails a roofing nailer will shoot are 1 3/4". Not enough penetration for a piece of 1x4 or any other kind of 1X. Galvanized roofing nails are "washed" with different zinc and cadmium agents to keep them from rusting until used; they are NOT meant for completely exposed use. This is especially easy to see when you pull open a leaky roof and find all the nails really rusted. So much for the galvanizing.

It is not uncommon for me to have an open box in the back of the truck over the weekend and find them starting to have a thin dusting of rust on Monday that formed over the weekend. Imagine those nails where you can see them weather. Ever see one of those nice fences that has the long trails down the face side that start at the nail heads? Rust.

Shoot your fence together with a utility gun that shoots 2" galvanized nails that are made for Hardie, fences or other "exposure" applications. You can rent that gun for $35 bucks a day at the Borg and with the same gun I can put up 300' of 1x6 pickets on a fence once the posts are set and cut and the rails are on in a day.

Get everything ready to go (gates cut or built, material dispersed) and you won't believe how fast you will move once you get your strings set to line the tops.

You can do a >lot< of things with a utility nailer, but not too much more than nail foil insulation/hang windows/shoot off the gussets on site built trusses and of course, roof, with a roofing nailer.

Ahhh.... the quandry. If you have the roofing nailer longer the rent will eat you up. But if you buy it, there is less utility value down the road. But if you rent the utility nailer, you probably only need it for a day but you will lose the gun for all kinds of other neat uses if you didn't buy one.

Solution: Buy them both. Woohoo!

Whichever one you use the least sell on a Saturday night EBAY madness sale.

Robert

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