Senco Air nailers

peter updegrove

I have a couple Hitachi guns and 4 senco guns. Like them both. Hitachi shots 3/4" nails perfectly. Senco is hit and miss on 3/4" but still a great gun. Ive had porta cable, grip rite, and many others but those two are the best to me.

Grumpy

How often do you use 3/4" nails? 1 1/4" are standard for us here. According to installation instructions the nails should penetrate the substrate at least 1/4" through. Therefore with a good percentage of our decks being 3/4", only 1 1/4" nails will satisfy that installation requirement.

The only time we use 3/4", actually 7/8", nails is when the roof deck is also the exposed ceiling below. This happens a couple times a year only, and we hand nail in these cases to be sure we get it exactly right.

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Chicago Gutters Chicago Roofing