Nailer for fencing and garden projects

[glocko]

As this post straddles two or three forums though I'd put it here.
Was thinking of buying an electric nailer, am currently building an 8' x 16' workshop and a couple of 10' x 10' decks. What size brads/nails would I need to fix the decking boards? Also can the nailer be used to fix feather boards to a fence, usually use clout nails but surely nailer brads or nails don't have a big enough head to hold the boards?

Screwfix have a nailer for £20, for an amateur tightwad like me that sounds reasonable, any advice would be most appreciated.
thanks
Glocko

 

[fitter]

A electric nailer would not be much good for your projects, the nail is the same as a panel pin.

You would need a air nailer & compressor or a paslode, all well over the £20 you mention.

The electric nailers are ok for small stuff like mouldings etc or holding a glue joint together while it dries.

I've never done decking, I thought it had to be screwed.

 

[Studders]

To do what you want you will need to spend approx £75-£90 on an air stapler that will take at least 40mm staples. Got one myself and it was well worth the money. The cheaper nail guns that fire 50mm brads aren't really that useful.

 

[Dewy]

For £20 you could buy a reasonable hammer and nails for that job.
None of the brad nailers would be any good.
For a proper nailer (not brads) you will have to spend hell of a lot more plus would need a compressor as well.