Using Roofing Nails On Joist Hangers

Slip on a joist hanger so it supports the guide and pound the barbed tabs to hold it in place.

Using roofing nails on joist hangers.

As far as overkill probably is but you read about too many deck collapses every year. Indoors or out for standard type single joist hangers use only 1 1 2 in. Now you can slip the joist into the hanger and drive the nails that go into the joist. Joist hanger nails for nailing into the side of the joist photo 5.

Joist hangers give roofing carpenters a great deal of flexibility. Hang the joist with a bent over nail. The joist hanger in this video calls for 10d common galvanized nails. For double shear single hangers photo 4 fasten the hanger to the joist s with longer 8d or 10d nails.

What s more chances are high that the use of these nails would fail a building inspection. That s a recipe for disaster as roofing nails are not structural nails. Roofing nails are not made to withstand the structural forces that are required for joist hanger connectors. The side nail into the bottom flange of the i joist is installed at the wrong angle.

The nail through the dimple should have been installed at a 30 to 45 degree angle. 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. 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. Roofing nails death on a stick all too often rookie carpenters or do it yourself homeowners will install joist hangers using roofing nails.

This may cause splitting of the bottom chord. Roofing nails the use of roofing nails as structural attachments for joist hangers is not uncommon however it should be avoided. Remove the guide and drive nails to attach the hanger. Code calls for joist hanger nails.

To install start by aligning the top plane of the joist with the top of the rim joist. 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. They are relatively easy to level in fix very strongly indeed and allow the carpenter by using temporary fixings to get all timbers in place.

For double hangers use 8d or 10d nails.