An amateur roofer is more likely to place their nails incorrectly whether they re using a hammer or a nail gun.
Hammer and roofing nails for tile.
On the other hand a roofer that s succeeded in producing years of quality results that last that s the type of professional you want on the job.
What type you use depends on what type of roofing you are doing.
Asphalt shingles slate tile and cedar shingles are the most common roofing material for sloped residential roofs and installation for these materials usually requires a hammer and fasteners.
It isn t just used for hitting and seeing nails but has various other interesting applications such as splitting and breaking the tiles shingles and much more roofing hammers have great advantages over nail guns.
All roofing nails have wide flat heads and short shanks.
Roofing nails are used in roof installation to fasten shingles to install roofing felt for waterproofing and to attach roof tiles and sheet metal.
Those are the typical features of a magnetic head roofing hammer but new designs have added even more functionality to these tools.
And in general with most roofing materials i don t expect nails to be left exposed in roofing tiles slates shingles with a few technical exceptions that need to be sealed.
On 2018 05 24 by phil how much of the nail should show on the outside of the tile that is attached to the fascia.
For residential roofing four styles of hammers are mostly used.
In fact some roofing hammers have an adjustable gauge on the head to help roofers achieve the correct shingle exposure.
Once the shingle is placed the magnetized face of the hammer helps the roofer hit the nail.