I'm getting ready to start my cabin in June, 400 sq ft studio with loft. Can someone give me a ball park on how many nails to buy? I'll be using a framing nailer , thanks.
GW haven't built in that size before but I would start with a full large box of 16d and 8d. Might have to add to it some but it will get you well under your way. When I started there was a special on galvanized so I went that route rather than regular nails.
I used allmost 50 lbs of 16 sinkers(framing) and 25 lbs of 8 gavinised nails(siding) to do my cabin. Probley another 15 lbs of nail gun #8s fo the plywood. Nails are the cheap part just don't run out and have to drive to town to get more and waste a day in the process. Mark
Make sure you have a sawzall to. You be amazed how fast and securely to can nail something together wrong with a nail gun. The glue on the nails is strong and hence the need for a sawzall with a wood and nails blade to cut those oops apart. d*
Also, if you got an extra case of nails, you could likely take the un-opened box back if not needed. Better than running out when you have a crew waiting.