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Roofing Nail Quantity Calculator

Nails needed for a shingle roof.

Compute the number of roofing nails needed for an asphalt-shingle roof, given the roof area in squares (1 square = 100 ft²) and a fasteners-per-shingle setting (4 standard, 6 in high-wind areas).

Marcus Laurent By Marcus Laurent
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  1. Fill in the inputs above using the units you already have.
  2. Values update automatically as you type — no submit button needed.
  3. Hover any result row for the underlying formula and intermediate values.

Formula

Bundles = squares · 3 (typical). Nails = bundles · 21 shingles · nails_per_shingle.

In depth

Compute the number of roofing nails needed for an asphalt-shingle roof, given the roof area in squares (1 square = 100 ft²) and a fasteners-per-shingle setting (4 standard, 6 in high-wind areas).