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Originally Posted by pgc4340
Since I know nothing about roofing or shingles, would you mind telling me where the nail holes should be on the shingles for further reference in case we find ourselves in your situation? Thank you
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For most 3 tab shingles in Florida there should be 6 nails in the shingle. About 1 inch in from each edge and a nail on each side of the 3 tab slots. The nails should be 1/2 to 5/8 inch below the black adhesive strip. When another shingle is nailed over this one in the next row that shingles 6 nails should go into the top edge of the one below it.
For Architectural / laminated shingles they too should get 6 nails. Depending on if they are english size or metric the nails are about 1 inch from each side, 7-8 inches from each side and 15-16 from each side. When they are new there is usually a chalk line just above the laminated pieces to use a nailing line. They will also end up with 6 more nails in the top edge from the shingle above them.