What nail/nail gun for fitting scotia?

danlightbulb · 30 Aug 2023 at 13:20

Would rather nail than glue. Glue gets messy, doesn't grip instantly and struggles to follow uneven surfaces.

Should I get manual nails with small hammer, a manual brad nail gun, an electric brad nail gun or an air compressor brad nail gun?

danlightbulb · 31 Aug 2023 at 11:11

radderfire said:
What are you nailing together? How often will you need to nail stuff in future?

Scotia beading to existing skirting to cover expansion gap.

Will need to do it in most rooms, as I work through them.

danlightbulb · 31 Aug 2023 at 11:19

That's fine if its just as easy to nail it by hand. What nails do I need?

danlightbulb · 10 Sep 2023 at 15:50

G_Wizz said:
I do it by hand and knock the nail in the last bit with a punch. Would hardly think it's worth investing in a nail gun unless you are doing it every day.

This was poor advice.

Nightmare trying to hold those little pins, right down by the floor in a corner, whilst holding the beading in position, and trying to knock it in with the hammer. Impossible to not hit your thumb/fingers, or miss the nail completely and put a dent in the beading or skirting.

My beading is all dirty because of my hands all over it & residue off the nails.

Also now small holes to be filled all the way along where Ive knocked the nails under the surface.

danlightbulb · 11 Sep 2023 at 16:01

ANDARIAL said:
Pin push and maybe a nail punch to finish off
I bought a Tacwise electric nailer for work and they are CRAP.you had to use a punch on every single nail.The `hammer`on this one is VERY weak i found

That's fine the issue is more about trying to make sure the hammer doesn't hit the beading or skirting. It is so tight to hammer within half an inch from the floor and skirting into a curved surface.

Then the punch slips off the nail head too, another dent.

danlightbulb · 12 Sep 2023 at 09:04

dlockers said:
Were you using a sledge hammer dan?

No a small hammer. Have you tried trying to hold and hit a tiny pin, whilst pushing the Scotia down to the floor and against the wall at the same time, right up in a corner, having to position your body against a wall so it's hard to use your natural hand, with a radiator in the way? It just doesn't work.