Using Roof Nails To Install Deck Joist Hangers

In general connector manufacturers recommend 16d and 10d framing nails for anchoring joist hangers to headers or walls and shorter nails called joist hanger nails for anchoring the joists to the joist hangers.

Using roof nails to install deck joist hangers.

This part of your deck construction is labor intensive. Long galvanized joist hanger nails. 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. Hang the joist with a bent over nail.

Remove the guide and drive nails to attach the hanger. The precise type of nail varies according to the project s characteristics and the make and model of the joist hanger. What s more chances are high that the use of these nails would fail a building inspection. To install start by aligning the top plane of the joist with the top of the rim joist.

Avoid longer nails that would poke through the joist and splay out the other side of the hanger. An explanation and demonstration of how to install joist hangers and what type of nail to use. Nail to the joist standard hanger. The joist hanger in this video calls for 10d common galvanized nails.

Start driving a nail near the top end of the joist then bend it over. For standard joists you will use the 1 1 2 inch galvanized hanger nails to attach the joists using standard joist hangers. For standard joist hangers secure the joist hanger to the joist using only 1 1 2 in. Now you can slip the joist into the hanger and drive the nails that go into the joist.