Imagine building a treehouse in your backyard. You stand there, hammer in hand, ready to begin. But wait! Should you use nails, or are screws better for framing? Many people face this choice when building. Your decision can make a big difference. Nails are quick and easy to drive. Screw use, however, offers strong hold … Read more
After tons of speculations, we equip our tool arsenals. Surely nail guns, being a top contender on that list, do deserve more on maintenance. If you want your nail gun to be a long-lasting tool in your tool board, you have to maintain your nail gun regularly. Maintaining a nail gun is quite easy, you … Read more
Choose nails of the size you want, load the gun, press the trigger, and then fire. Adjust the nail if needed. Before shooting ensure that no jam is placed at the tip, the battery is fully charged (for electric guns) and the air compressor is properly connected (for pneumatic guns). The Best Way to Use … Read more
Coil siding nailers and crown staple guns are among the most suitable nail guns for nailing cedar shingles. As cedar shingles are a bit different from other shingles, to make them sustainable, you need to be precise in nailing these. As for size, the nails should be at least ¾ inches or even more. Nail … Read more
Nothing is more annoying than your nail gun leaving your side in the middle of a tedious project. Yet, having some patience might help. Common issues include nail jamming, broken O-Ring, damaged battery, and so on. Hold your horses till the end of this article, and repairing your Paslode nail gun will be a breeze. … Read more
You will need your hammer or vinyl siding tools and nails to nail the vinyl siding of your house. Nailing vinyl siding for your home is a simple job, but doing it in the wrong way may bring disaster to your house siding. How to Nail Vinyl Siding Siding is for the protection of the … Read more
Though installing a quarter round with a nail gun makes your task easy and quick, you can do it without a nail gun in two ways. Both methods have their own pros and cons, respectively. In this article, I went through all the perks and compromises related to each process to help you pick one … Read more
You may face some unwanted problems while using a Hitachi nail gun. But not all of them are severe, so you can solve a few on your own. If your nailer skips nails, leaks air, or is slow to cycle, then probably you are not out of luck yet. If you want more in-depth knowledge … Read more
You can do two types of nailing on a Hardie board siding. These are Face nailing and blind nailing. Blind nailing is mainly used with Hardie board siding. This hides the nails and gives the sidings a cleaner look from the outside. Let’s flow the stream further into the details. How to Nail Hardie Board … Read more
A nail gun that delivers the proper size and type of nails depending on the fencing material is the best choice for fencing. Arguably, framing nail gun and coil nail gun is better to use for fencing. I will try to show what nail guns to use and the ones to avoid in this article. … Read more