Committees responsible for this British Standard

The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical Committee B/518, Structural timber, upon which the following bodies were represented:

American Plywood Association (APA)
British Woodworking Federation
Department of Local Government, Transport and the Regions (Building Research Establishment)
Department of Trade and Industry (Engineering Inspectorate)
Canada Wood, UK
Forestry Commission
Institute of Building Control
Institution of Structural Engineers
National House-Building Council (NHBC)
Nordic Timber Council, UK
Timber Research and Development Association
Timber Trade Federation
Trussed Rafter and Fabricators’ Association
United Kingdom Forest Products Association (UKFPA)

This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Sector Policy and Strategy Committee for Building and Civil Engineering, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 7 February 2002

First published as BS 1202:1944

First revision as Part 1 June 1966

Second revision May 1974 Third edition January 2002

The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard:

Committee reference B/518
Draft for approval 73/10457

Foreword

This British Standard is published in the following separate parts:

Part 1: Steel nails;
Part 2: Copper nails;
Part 3: Aluminium nails.

BS 1202‑1:2002 supersedes BS 1202‑1:1974, which is withdrawn.

BS 1202‑1 is expressed solely in metric units and relates to 16 types of steel nails at present in common use for general purposes.

For the benefit of those not conversant with metric diameters of nails, each table in this standard includes a separate column showing the nearest former standard wire gauge (s.w.g.) numbers. These do not form part of the specification.

Inch equivalents, if required, may be determined from BS 350‑1, “Conversion factors and tables — Basis of tables — Conversion factors”.

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application.

Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations.

1 Scope

1.1

This part of the standard specifies requirements, including dimensions and finish, for the types of steel nails listed in 1.1 and 1.1.2.

NOTE The nearest former s.w.g. numbers are included in a separate column in each table for convenience only. They do not form part of the specification.

1.1.1 Wire nails

Convex head roofing nails (chisel or diamond points)
Pipe nails (chisel point)
Hardboard panel pins (round shank)
Hardboard panel pins (square shank)
Lath nails
Plasterboard nails (jagged shank)
Tile pegs
Tram nails with flat or raised head with chisel point
Square twisted shank flat head nails
Dowels
Tenter hooks
Annular ringed shank flat head nails
Helical threaded shank flat head nails
Duplex head nails

1.1.2 Cut nails

Cut clasp nails
Cut floor brads

1.2

The types of nail are illustrated in the diagrams accompanying Table 1, Table 2, Table 3, Table 4, Table 5, Table 6, Table 7, Table 8, Table 9, Table 10, Table 11, Table 12, Table 13, Table 14, Table 15 and Table 16.

NOTE Requirements for the following nails, which were previously included in this British Standard, are given in BS EN 10230‑1.

Round plain head nails
Round lost head nails
Clout or slate nails
Extra large head clout or felt nails
Panel pins
Oval brad head nails
Oval lost head nails
Spring head twisted shank nails
Washer head slab nails

2 Normative references

3 Materials

3.1

3.2

4 Workmanship

5 Finish

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

6 Dimensions and tolerances

7 Inspection

8 Weights

9 Designation for ordering

9.1

9.2 Examples:

10 Certificate of compliance

Bibliography

BS 1202-1:2002

Specification for nails - Steel nails

Current

Published:

7 Feb 2002