nails for girts

[Brown6041]

Ok so what do yall use. 3.5 ring shank hand driven or will 3.25 smooth shank from a framing nailer work. I cant seem to find ring shank nails that long for my gun. Also how many nails on each end of a 2x6 girt. 2 or 3? Thanks guys. I will be starting a build thread pretty soon.

 

[cj7jeep81]

My pole barn was built entirely with framing nailers, wanting to say 3"x.131 smooth nails. I'd use 3 nails at each post.

 

[lakeroadster]

Are you nailing them on the face of the columns, or toe nailing into the side?

The drawing package for my barn specified (3) 16d Ring Shanks

Lessons Learned:

• If you're toe nailing... the (3) 3-1/4" tend to split the boards into kindling.
  
• We used joist hangers on my barn for that very reason.

Huge difference. When just toe nailing the girts weren't strong enough to climb on, with the hangers they were hell-for-stout.

 

[Brown6041]

I'll be nailing to the face of the posts not installing bookshelf girts.

 

[larry_g]

On my building It was specified three 20d galvanized nails per girt, 20d=4". Make sure you have the correct nail if going into a treated post. These nails are in tension and not shear so you need the longer nail. Think of how the load is on these nails when the wind blows, esp if the big door is open and the force on the wall is from the inside...

lg
no neat sig line

 

[kbs2244]

Use joist hangers and 3 inch mails
The hangers put the nails in shear vs tension.
That is much stronger.