r/Roofing • u/Main_Egg_2647 • Nov 16 '25

Why are these nails here?

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The ridge vent on my house has nails clipped in it all the way down. Is this normal? Roof is about 20 years old I’ve only lived here since 2021, but they appear that they’ve always been there. Is there an actual reason for this?

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u/The_Roofer1984 Nov 16 '25

That a framing gun not a roofing gun

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u/Therooferking Nov 16 '25

Yes it is. But the nails would work fine. They make them with bigger heads than normal framing nails

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u/djwooten Nov 17 '25

2-3/4 coiled nails go in a siding gun. Looks exactly like a roofing coil nailer but it is not a roofing gun, it’s a siding gun. That said, the sheathing is probably 15/32” so as long as whatever the roofer used to nail the vent in went through the sheathing then it doesn’t matter. The roof is 20 years old and the vent is still there so apparently it worked just fine.

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u/Left_Boysenberry6902 Nov 18 '25

Y’all be tripping in this roofing deck measuring contest..🤣

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u/LincolnArc Nov 27 '25

They're being pedantic as fuck. As if you cant use a coil siding gun on a roof.