Using Roofing Nails On Joist Hangers

Roofing nails are not made to withstand the structural forces that are required for joist hanger connectors.

Using roofing nails on joist hangers.

To install start by aligning the top plane of the joist with the top of the rim joist. Screws are also unnacceptable for hangers since they do not have the shear strength of a nail. Nails installed into the underside of the bottom chord are not necessary. Roofing nails death on a stick all too often rookie carpenters or do it yourself homeowners will install joist hangers using roofing nails.

Joist hangers give roofing carpenters a great deal of flexibility. Joist hanger nails for nailing into the side of the joist photo 5. Indoors or out for standard type single joist hangers use only 1 1 2 in. Hang the joist with a bent over nail.

It comes with plenty of holes through which you can screw or nail the hanger to one timber while you drop another timber in the shoe. This may cause splitting of the bottom chord. The joist hanger in this video calls for 10d common galvanized nails. Now you can slip the joist into the hanger and drive the nails that go into the joist.

For double hangers use 8d or 10d nails. Put the tip of a roofing nail and a joist hanger nail in a vice and try to bend them with a pair of pliers. For double shear single hangers photo 4 fasten the hanger to the joist s with longer 8d or 10d nails. Roofing nails the use of roofing nails as structural attachments for joist hangers is not uncommon however it should be avoided.

Roofing nails don t have the inherent strength to support the weight of a deck or any framing member. Improper nailing of an i joist. Remove the guide and drive nails to attach the hanger. As far as overkill probably is but you read about too many deck collapses every year.

That s a recipe for disaster as roofing nails are not structural nails. Slip on a joist hanger so it supports the guide and pound the barbed tabs to hold it in place. What s more chances are high that the use of these nails would fail a building inspection. Code calls for joist hanger nails.

We re using a scrap of wood screwed to the joist as a brace to hold the joist in position while we fit the hanger but you can also use a nail bent over to form a hook.