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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Gary RK on June 10, 2012 at 15:30

Marc, you may find this useful as background reading:

http://www.landscapejuicenetwork.com/forum/topics/paslode-guns-any-...

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Permalink Reply by tony h wall on June 10, 2012 at 15:55

Paslode gun every time,saves time and money, i use it on the boards(51mm),on the gravel boards(75mm) and on the rails(90mm),just take your time with the 90mm nails as the gun can bounce back,hold it tight to the rail,also you will find that the 90mm might not go all the way depending on how dense the wood is so you will need to knock them in with a hammer.

There is more than enough fuel in the cell to see in all the nails and the battery will last all day.

Shop around for nails as there is a big price difference from place to place.

Couldn't live without it !!!! 

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Permalink Reply by Simon Smith on June 10, 2012 at 16:00

have you already purchased the timber and stored it because you can't stain/paint pressure treated timber for at least a month after it has been treated. That said sometimes it will have been in stock at your merchant for a while so will be fine but you need to at least consider it.

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Permalink Reply by Charles Langford on June 10, 2012 at 18:41

Hi Marc,

What would yous use the impact driver for? Most fencing contractors use only nails not screws so there might be no need for one.

We use a coil nail gun with an air compressor. In my opinion much lighter and quicker and cheaper than a gas / cordless nail gun. I am sure the cost of a hire would be well worth it from your perspective.

A couple of tips to speed you up. Mark a piece of feather edge at 3" intervals, whack a nail in each end of it and then you can hang it on your arris rails and use it as a template to make off where each feather edge board should go. That way you don't need to fumble around with a chock of timer or a level.

Secondly if a perfect job is required pop a string line up from post to post running at the mid point (horizonatlly) along the arris rail. Use that as a height guide as to where to pop your nails in. That way you get perfectly staright lines of nails plus you don't run the risk of any of them poking out the back of the arris rail.

Hope this helps.

Charlie

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Permalink Reply by Marc Cole on June 10, 2012 at 19:09

Gents thank you so much for the great advice, Paslode looks like the way to go, if I'm honest I've been looking for a good excuse to buy one.
Charles, great advice, I really do want to make the job look really good and professional as the lady of the house is very particular - very kind though with tea & cake every hour

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Permalink Reply by Thermo on June 10, 2012 at 19:12

ive got paslodes and a coil nailer with an air compressor. absolutley no contst between a coil nailer and the paslode. coil nailer is quicker, lighter and cheaper by far. we actually set up a couple of bays using each and coil nailer won hands down. paslodes great for decking but wouldnt even get it out of the truck for fencing

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Permalink Reply by Marc Cole on June 10, 2012 at 20:25

Thanks Thermo, a good point but the cost of a compressor plus the nailer could be a step too far,also the location is quite far from the house and so power could an issue for the compressor.
But if this goes well there's a distinct possibility of a couple of jobs very similar within the neighbourhood.


Thermo said:

ive got paslodes and a coil nailer with an air compressor. absolutley no contst between a coil nailer and the paslode. coil nailer is quicker, lighter and cheaper by far. we actually set up a couple of bays using each and coil nailer won hands down. paslodes great for decking but wouldnt even get it out of the truck for fencing

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Permalink Reply by Thermo on June 10, 2012 at 22:01

we use a 50 ltre compressor oilless compressor that was just over £200. the gun is a tacwise model that was about £200. have a decent bostiich airline on a reel that was another £100. All in all not much more than a paslode, when you consider how expensive fuel and nails are compared to boxes of coil nails. Im not decrying paslodes as we use them and theyre great, i personally think its a better tool for the job, but if you dont do a great deal of fencing then the paslode is probably the better all rounder

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Permalink Reply by Gareth Main @ Newick Landscapes on June 10, 2012 at 22:12

If you've got someone else helping you should easily get this done in 3 day, subject to the weather being ok for painting it.

We still just use 50mm nails and a hammer, once you get going it doesn't take that long.

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