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The nails should be covered by the shingles or caulk. They should not be rusting.
When the weather becomes very hot, the metal roofing sheet expand and in attempt to free themselves from the grip of nails, cracking noise is heard.
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Galvanized roofing nails with a minimum 12-gauge shank and head diameter of at least 3/8 inch are the most preferred and best roofing nails for installing asphalt roof at the coast.hwroofing.net
Place the first course to overhangs the drip edges by about 1/4 inch and roll it out about 8 feet. At one end, drive nails every 3 inches along with the rake, then pull it taut and drive nails along the eave edge. Nails should be about 1 inch away from the edges.
You can buy them from roofing shops or Bunnings <Maybe check here first.
With galvanized roofing nails, usually.
There are approximately 250 nails to a roofing coil. When you buy them in a case they typically have around 7200 nails total. Hope that helps!
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You can use roofing nails, but most people use a stapler, it's cheaper and faster. The felt paper is just a base for the shingles/tiles.
There are 225 2d roofing nails in a pound. If you need something longer like 1.75 inches that would be a five penny (5d) and there are only 145 in a pound.
That would depend on the type (common, roofing, concrete) and their size as measured like a two penny (2d) nail and so on. For example 60d common nails are 10 to the pound and 2d roofing nails are 225 to the pound.