In high wind areas more will be needed.
How many pounds of roofing nails per bundle.
Comp shingles 4 nails per shingle wood shakes 2 nails per shake wood shingles 2 nails per shingle osb plywood 72 nails per sheet.
Because nails are purchased by the pound so can ask your supplier for the correct number of nails for your size roof in the length you specify.
It takes four nails per shingle.
This is based on 80 shingles per square.
There are 63 shingles per standard bundle.
You will need approximately 2 pounds of nails to install a square of shingles in regular conditions and about 3 pounds if you are dealing with windy conditions.
Other styles of shingles may require more or fewer nails per shingle and may have more or less than 80.
That means 252 nails per bundle.
For regular three tab shingles this would require 320 nails per square.
Use this chart to determine how many fasteners there are per pound.
Nail quantity per square shingle manufacturers recommend using four nails per shingle in the main part of the roof and five nails per shingle in the first row.
Some use five nails on the starter row.
This amounts to an average of 320.