H clips are also necessary for other wood panel thickness and span combinations.
How to install h clips on roof sheathing.
Nail the panels to the rafters with 8d common nails spaced 6 inches apart on the ends and 12 inches apart in the middle.
A low slope roof below 2 12 pitch at the same span is an exception however and an h clip is specified.
Provide a 1 8 inch gap between the panels in each row.
Hammer in the clip to the parallel beam using 2 5 inches 6 4 cm nails.
Cover sheathing with.
Properly fasten panels including fastening and spacing hints step 4.
Check the nailing surface is level step 2.
Once you ve spaced out where you are going to attach the clips they are ready to be attached.
Ventilate the roof according to current building codes step 3.
For 16 inch centered framing place the clip at the approximate middle point between each perpendicular framing member.
Keep nails 3 8 inches.
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This process starts with nailing them into the parallel beam.
These nails go through the base plate of the clip.
Grip h clips are designed to make installing roof deck sheathing easier and faster with better spacing.