Nail spacing for sheets of osb and plywood is 8 inches per nail.
How long should my roofing nails be.
When installing asphalt shingles on felt only to any grade decking you should use 1 inch long roofing nails.
Wood shakes minimum 3 4 sheathing wood shakes nail type minimum length 18 straight split 5d box 1 3 4 18 and 24 handsplit and resawn 6d box 2.
In general roofing nails should be long enough to penetrate the wood decking a minimum of 3 4.
Nails of the proper length should penetrate three fourths of an inch into the roof deck.
The more common roof thickness is 3 4 inch decking.
Use 1 nails in re roof applications when the old roof has been removed and to use 1 nails when overlaying the old roof.
For reroofing shingle over shingle or hip and ridge application it is necessary to use minimum 35 mm long roofing nails.
4 feet equals 48 inches which you then divide by 8 to determine that you ll need six nails where the board comes in contact with a truss.
More than 1 layer of roofing not recommended over 3 8 sheathing.