Title: Fasten stock with metal fasteners.
Course: Building Trades II (17009-II) > Section: Carpentry: Installing Roofing

Fastening could include

- selecting and using nails, screws, staples, floor-framing fasteners, and other mechanical fasteners
- affixing fasteners with hand or pneumatic tools
- installing metal hold-downs.

IRC: Chapter 9 (https://codes.iccsafe.org/content/IRC2018P4) covers attachment requirements for roof coverings, from asphalt shingles, wood shakes, standing seam, and other roof coverings. Each roof material section will include the materials-fastening requirements.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What determines the size of nails?
- What does the gauge of screws mean?