Duo-Fast® Cordless Roofing Nailer System
Now Comes With A No Questions Asked One-Year Service Promise

Three Day Turnaround And Duo-Fast Will Pay For Shipping

SCHAUMBURG, IL (May, 2012) – Duo-Fast sees itself as a partner to the exterior and roofing contractor, always looking for ways to help them do their job faster, easier and be more profitable. As part of that goal, Duo-Fast has announced a no questions asked One-Year Service Promise on the Fuel Powered Cordless Roofing Nailer System, Model DFCR175C.

“Our customers know we make tough, high quality tools but they need regular service to stay in top condition, and jobsite conditions often mean tool repairs are required,” said Jacek Romanski, Marketing Manager for Duo-Fast. “That’s why the first year of ownership of a Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer System now comes with a one year Service Promise, all regular service, including cleaning, and any repairs for free, no questions asked.”

Duo-Fast will be responsible for servicing and repairing the tools through the ITW Construction Service & Parts centers. Duo-Fast will pay for shipping the tool to the service center and will pay to ship the tool back to the owner. Duo-Fast also offers a three-day turnaround upon receipt of the tool and, if it cannot be repaired, Duo-Fast will replace it for free.

To take advantage of this offer, Duo-Fast cordless roofing nailer owners will have to provide receipt of purchase and contact ITW Service & Parts, the official manufacture factory service center (http://www.itwserviceparts.com/ContactUs.html). After one year, Duo-Fast, through the ITW centers, will provide service for a nominal fee.

Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer

The convenience and efficiency of fuel powered cordless ensures roofers get a powerful, lightweight and compact tool that helps increase productivity, reduce jobsite clutter and project downtime, and increase profits.

This revolutionary tool is easy to use, drives two nails per second and 120 nails per coil. Like other fuel powered cordless tools, the Duo-Fast roofing nailer drives nails sequentially by pushing the tool down and then pulling the trigger. It is perfect for a wide range of roof repair jobs, including leaks and shingle repair, ridge and hip replacement, steep slope roof work, flashing and vent installation, drip edge and trim, punch list repairs and small production jobs.

The Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer provides an exact dose of fuel every time, which provides a consistent depth of drive throughout the job, thus drastically reducing blow through. At the same time, the contractor now has a free hand for lifting shingle tabs and holding shingles in steep slope applications. Additionally, the Duo-Fast cordless nailer contributes to precise nail placement, which will help eliminate any issues of high nailing. Together, these features translate into a higher quality roofing job.

The cordless roofing nailer system does not require hoses or compressors, which reduces set up and break down time to just a few seconds. This tool has a single door magazine for easy loading, skid guards and a belt hook. It comes with an adjustable shingle guide for precise nail placement and has a soft grip handle for greater control. The Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Coil Nailer System can drive 1,000 nails per fuel cell, 2,200 per battery charge.  The tool is now provided with a second battery free, a $60 value.

Roofer’s Choice Fuel + Nail Packs with PowerBoost Nails

The Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer uses Roofer’s Choice Fuel + Nail packs, which maximizes the tool’s performance and means you never run out of fuel before you run out of nails. Each pack comes with one quicklode fuel cell and six coils of nails (or 720 nails per box). The nails feature the PowerBoost Black Tip Coating for superior ease of drive and a unique vertical groove design for better holding power than standard roofing nails. Each Fuel + Nail pack is enough nails to do two squares (200 square feet), your typical roofing repair job.

The Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer System, Model DFCR175C, has a suggested retail price of $459 and comes with two rechargeable battery packs and charger, a convenient backpack and one Roofer’s Choice Fuel + Nail Pack, as well as a safety tether and safety glasses. It also features a one year no questions asked full coverage service promise and five year limited warranty. It is available at roofing and siding wholesalers, such as ABC Supply (www.abccatalog.com) and Allied Building Products (www.alliedbuilding.com), and participating independent wholesalers. For more information, call 1-888-631-2020, or go to www.duo-fastconstruction.com.

Duo-Fast’s focus is on providing the exterior contractor with construction solutions through innovative fastening systems. The company sells these systems through roofing and siding wholesalers found across the country.

Duo-Fast® is a registered trademark. PowerBoost, quicklode and Roofer’s Choice are trademarks of Illinois Tool Works.

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Duo-Fast Cap Fastener DF150-CS

Duo-Fast Construction is expanding its already impressive lineup of fastening products for roofing and exterior construction with the addition of the DF150-CS cap stapler and Duo-Caps fasteners.

This new tool is the product of extensive field research to produce a fastening tool that makes users more productive and profitable on the job.

Early cap stapler designs were difficult to operate, aggravating to load and heavy.  Duo-Fast® Construction has addressed pro users’ most common complaints and designed a more maneuverable and reliable cap fastening system.

The DF150-CS fires staples and plastic button caps in at the same time.  this stapler is ideal for installing Vapor barriers, house wrap, roofing felt, and plastic sheathings.

The DF150-CS is light and with an in-line magazine with 110-staple capacity, this tool  is compact and well balanced.

The DF150-CS has three firing modes – bump, sequential, and staple-only.  When driving both caps and fasteners, the 18-gauge stapler drives 3/8” crown staples 1” in length. In staple-only mode, the DF150-CS is capable of driving narrow crown staples from ¾” to 1-1/2” in length.

Duo-Caps Fasteners

The DF150-CS was designed to work in conjunction with the patented Duo-Caps system. The button caps come in a 240-count spools, while the 3/8” crown, 1” long galvanized staples are available in strips of 100.

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Duo-Fast® Hardwood Floor Stapler and Cleat Nailer Now Feature 10-Year Warranty And Value-Added Accessories

The folks at Duo-Fast have announced that their Floor Stapler and Cleat Nailer will now feature 10-Year Warranties! In addition the new carrying cases have been redesigned to carry the exclusive Duo-Fast® SoftShoe Pre-Finished Wood Flooring Adapter for higher quality work, and an O Ring Kit. The new warranty will cover both the FLOORMASTER 200-S and 200-C.

“These tools have undergone extensive testing including years of strenuous use in the field with professional installers, with no appreciable downtime,” said Rita Bockrath, Marketing Manager for Duo-Fast Floor Fastening Systems. “We feel very confident in offering this warranty as a demonstration as to how well they are built and how long these tools will last.”

I personally have been so impressed with the quality and durability of Duo-Fast nailers over the last couple of years. Having seen how they perform under the toughest of conditions with some of my crews I can see why they would offer such a robust warranty. They know how to make tough tools! For the entire press release you can read it here.

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New Duo-Fast® Jet-Tac Tack Strip Epoxy

For Installation On Concrete Or Wood

Saves Installers Time & Money

VERNON HILLS, IL (October 2010) – Duo-Fast® Floor Fastening Systems (www.duo-fast.com), a leader in carpet and flooring installation tools for more than 40 years, is introducing Jet-Tac Tack Strip Epoxy, a quick-set epoxy that is ideal for tack strip installation on concrete or wood.

“We’ve done our homework and listened to what carpet installers are looking for in fastening tack strip to concrete,” said Rita Bockrath, Marketing Manager for Duo-Fast Floor Fastening Systems. “Jet-Tac has a number of features never before seen in this industry that are sure to save carpet installers time and money.”

Jet-Tac is the first two-part epoxy that comes in a uniquely designed 10 oz. (250 ml) cartridge with nozzle that can be used in a standard caulk gun.* The specially designed nozzle allows the two-part epoxy to be fully mixed by the time it reaches the end of the nozzle; thus, no mixing by hand, and no special tools are needed.
Unlike hot-melt glues, Jet-Tac sets up in 5 to 7 minutes, allowing enough time for the installer to apply the adhesive and position in place full strips for additional savings.

It also features a superior holding power formulation and a cure time of just two hours. Carpet installers will appreciate this because it allows power stretching on the tack strip after just two hours; they no longer have to come back much later in the day or the next day to complete the installation.
Due to its superior holding power formulation, installers can apply Jet-Tac in dabs rather than a continuous bead, meaning they need to use less than competitive adhesives to obtain superior results. In addition to using less Jet-Tac adhesive per installation, the cartridge can be opened and resealed without the epoxy setting up inside the cartridge. Users can leave the nozzle on the cartridge and replace it when ready to use again, or reseal the cartridge with the included nut and cap. Jet-Tac Nozzle Kits, with three replaceable nozzles per pack, are also available (part no. 650650).

Jet-Tac is very stable; it can withstand temperature ranges from -40 F to 160 F without changing composition. Once it is fully cured and set, water will not affect the adhesion strength of Jet-Tac.

Jet-Tac is ideal for tack strip installation on concrete, but works well in many other applications, including cove moulding, carpet shims, transitions, ceramic, and metal bonding to concrete or wood.

Duo-Fast Jet-Tac Tack Strip Epoxy (part no. 650651) will be available in early 2011 at flooring products distributors throughout the U.S. For more information, go to www.duo-fast.com or call, toll free, 888-DUOFAST.
*Jet-Tac can be used with any standard caulk gun. However, Duo-Fast recommends using a caulk gun that features a four-fingered trigger.

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Testing the new Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer DFCR175C

If you follow this site you know that I enjoy reviewing tools.  For me, part of reviewing a tool is to try to use it in the field on applications that it was intended for.

Tools are designed for specific functions but as you know we often use tools for applications that they were not intended or designed for .  Sometimes users find interesting and new ways to use a tool . . . Here I am using the Duo-Fast Cordless Roof Nailer to install windows.

Using a roofing nailer to install windows?  YUP and it was a huge time saver too!

The nailer was used to insert roofing nails into the window flanges.   At first I was worried that the nailer would be too powerful and drive through or crack the window installation flange.

I’m happy to report that there were no cracks at all!

I will be posting a full review on this nailer in a week or so.  Here’s some more information on the Duo-Fast Cordless Roofing Nailer.

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Duo-Fast DF350S

The new Duo-Fast 20º Round Head Framing Nailer System is the latest pneumatic nail gun from Duo-Fast Construction. This new nail gun was developed to respond to construction professionals input direct from the field. This new nail gun comes packed with features that provide more power, better balance and superior reliability.

The Duo-Fast DF350S features:

• Top load magazine – made of engineered aluminum makes it easy and fast to load nail strips. It will take 70 nails or two strips.
• Tool-less depth of drive – adjusts nail depth quickly and easily.
• Dual-mode trigger – easily adjusts from sequential to bump fire mode.
• Rafter hook – conveniently hangs from framing structure or tool belt.
• Drives nails from 2” to 3-1/2” in smooth, ring or screw shank with shank diameters of .113, .120, .131 or .148.

Duo-Fast DF350S Review

One of the biggest issues today for our framing crews is power. Today’s homes are being built with more and more engineered lumber for increased structural strength and performance. As a result older pneumatic nail guns have a hard time consistently driving 16d framing nails flush into the dense engineered materials. That’s why power has become such a big issue for framers and why we make our tool decisions based on power and production.

The other big issue for us is reliability and comfort. Framers put a tremendous amount of stress on their bodies every day so a nail gun that offers comfort and less body stress is a big bonus.

Duo-Fast DF350S Power

The Duo-Fast DF350S performed beyond my expectations when it came to power. We tested the nail gun the only way I know how and that’s shooting two LVL’s together. Check out the short video clip of the nailer sinking framing nails consistently flush into the LVL’s.

Duo-Fast Weight & Balance

The other really great feature of this gun is it’s weight and balance. This nail gun only weighs 8.1 lbs which helps reduce fatigue and wear on the framer. I had two of my framers use the gun and both of them commented on the great balance and relative weight compared to other framing guns we use.

Rafter Hook

Another feature that the guys loved was the built in rafter hook. The rafter hook is especially useful when we erect wood trusses. When erecting wood trusses it’s often necessary to set the nail gun down while you’re helping stabilize the truss with the crane operator. The rafter hook makes it very safe and easy to hang the nail gun out of the way on the roofing members.

Paper Collated Nails

Paper collated nails typically don’t jam as often as plastic collated nails. This is something that we’ve certainly noticed over the years so the fact that this gun uses paper collated nails is a huge bonus. We also liked the long top load nail magazine that holds two full strips of nails.

Switchable Trigger

This nail gun features a switchable trigger to change from sequential to bounce fire. We’ve decided to change over to all sequential fire guns in order to meet current safety guidelines. However, there are folks that still want the bounce fire feature so this gun allows you to use both methods.

Tool-Less Depth of Drive

The tool-less depth of drive is a great feature. I really like this feature for a couple of reasons. We’ve started using a new product called the ZIP system sheathing. The manufacturers of the ZIP System require that the sheathing nails be set flush to the surface. With this tool-less depth of drive feature the guys on the crew are more likely to make a simple change as they’re working. The depth of drive is really easy to use and certainly a great feature.

Final Opinion

The new Duo-Fast DF350S 20º Round Head Framing Nailer System is definitely a pneumatic nail gun that I recommend. It’s not often that I bring a new tool onto a job site and have the guys talking about it afterward. In fact, the guys like this gun so much that I don’t think I’ll be getting it back from them anytime soon.

The consistent power and comfort make this nail gun a true winner for anyone doing framing on a regular basis. The only issue I have is trying to find the 20º paper collated nails as our local hardware store doesn’t have them yet. Having said that I’m sure this will be corrected as the gun hits the market this summer. So I definitely recommend this nail gun and will likely purchase additional ones in the near future.

Where To Buy Duo-Fast DF350S

The Duo-Fast DF350S nailer is being rolled out as we speak to distributors near you. Check out Duo-Fast DF350S 20º Round Head Framing Nailer from Amazon for $299.99 or call 888-631-2020 to find a distributor near you. The Home Depot will be carrying the 20º paper collated nails in their stores soon as well. So give Duo-Fast a call today if you’d like to add this great nail gun to your tool box this season.

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