[Greenbuilding] Bostich Hurriquake Fasteners (Nails...)

[Jefro]

I'll bite at the math:

nail spacing at 2" is 6 nails per running foot on the edge, total of 144 
nails per sheet
assume 12" nailing in the field, add another 18
total of 162 nails per sheet
rectangle 50 x 40 = 2000sf
45 sheets of plywood
45 x 162 = 7290 nails

So I agree that they are certainly in the ball park about the number, 
just wondering about the price.  Our nails were bought by the 50lb box, 
which contains 4200 nails.  So call it two boxes, retail $170.  I'm sure 
that the complexities of our design necessitated the extra box.

Of course, even after all this, adding another $100 or even $1000 to the 
cost of a house is practically negligible if the fasteners do what they 
say.  Looks like great technology if it is useful.  The only thing that 
worries me is extracting them after the occasional inevitable slip-up.  
If it takes a worker 2 minutes to extract a nail rather than 10 seconds 
it can add up quickly, especially if the material gets chewed up in the 
process and needs to be replaced.

In fact, if I can find a box locally I may re-nail some of our shear 
with it.

wmdorsett at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> Jefro,  that's a number Bostich uses on their site. And they recommend nail
> spacing every 2"
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> From: Jefro <jefro at jefro.net>
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> I would also counter with the question, where on earth can you find
> enough 8d nails to shear a 2000 square foot house for only $60?  We went
> through 3 boxes of gun nails at $85 per box, although granted I live in
> northern California.
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