General Index - National Roofing Contractors Association

shank to the cap instead of welding the shank tothe cap. It should be used in situations that wouldnot would not permit the nail to back through theroofing membrane.Square Head Metal Cap Nails are designed to bestrong and economical. It has an extra strong capwelded to the shank.Plex-Cap Plastic Cap Nails are designed to beaffordable and increase the rupture values ofsofter building products. It should be used tosecure roofing felt, insulation and polyfilm fortemporary roofing to wood decks.Coil Roofing Nails are designed with a high wirethat will allow it to fit all types of pneumatic nailguns. They have 120 nails per coils and 60 coilsper box.Tube-Loks are designed to secure felts, basesheets, insulation, shingles, slate, to low andsteep sloped cementitious wood fiber, gypsum,cellular and lightweight concrete decks. TheTube-Lok=s average pull out resistance wasperformed accordance with Dade County ProtocolPA 117 (A) testing procedure. Completeinstallation instruction are available from Simplexupon request.Concrete Deck Nails:The Zanchor Drive Nail=s average pull outresistance was performed by Law Engineering,Inc. in accordance to the ASTM E-488-90 testingprocedure using 4,000 psi concrete.Zanchor Drive Nails are designed to fit in to a predrilled1/4≅ hole and with a termination bar or theSimplex 2≅ & 3≅ plate in order to hold the baseflashing, base sheet or insulation board intostructural concrete, brick or mortar.Masonry Round Metal Cap Nails are designedwith a wide fluted hardened steel shank, weldedto a hardened steel cap. They should be used tosecure flashing behind counter flashing andvarious other miscellaneous roofing tasks intobricks or masonry joints.Lightweight Concrete, Gypsum, or CementitiousWood Fiber Decks Nails:Base-Loks are designed to give a superior holdfor base sheets while minimizing the destructionto the deck, by requiring less fasteners than anyequivalent method. The Base-Lok=s average pullout resistance was performed by TrinityEngineering, Inc. in accordance with Dade CountyProtocol PA 105 (A) and 117 (A) testingprocedure. The Base-Lok has been tested withmost of the leading base sheets for its rupturevalue and these results are available fromSimplex upon request. Base-Loks should beused to secure base sheets to low and steepsloped cementitious wood fiber, gypsum, cellularand lightweight concrete decks with the use of aclutched slow speed drill and a standard 1/4≅ hexhead bit.475