Roofing fasteners · Kenya · bulk only
Roofing fasteners for Kenya metal roofs and sheeting
Bulk B2B supply only — by the carton, the pallet and the container. Send the sheet profile, purlin material and thickness, distance from the coast and the quantities, and we return a complete fixing schedule and one landed price through Mombasa. We publish no price list on this page.
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Who buys in Kenya
A roof fails at its fixings long before the sheet gives up.
Roll-formers and sheet mills
Selling profiled sheet with a warranty attached, so the fixing coating class is part of the product promise. Bought by the carton and pallet, colour-matched to the sheet range before production.
Contractors and installers
Warehouse, industrial and institutional roofs across Nairobi and up-country. Needs a fixing schedule per square metre by sheet profile and purlin material, not a guess at the merchant counter.
Merchants and resellers
Restocking along the Northern Corridor at volumes that keep a resale margin. Cartons marked by type, length, coating class and head colour so the trade counter can sell without opening boxes.
Specification and coating class
Quoted by exposure zone, not by price alone.
We claim no stock and quote no prices here — every figure comes back against your actual profile, coating class, head colour and quantity.
| Types | Self-drilling roof screws, timber-thread roof screws, stitching screws for side laps and flashings, and hook bolts for corrugated fixing to steel purlins. |
|---|---|
| Sealing | Bonded EPDM sealing washers, 16 mm and 19 mm, with galvanised or stainless cap — bonded, not loose neoprene, so compression holds through thermal cycling. |
| Coatings | Class 4 within the coastal strip around Mombasa and Kilifi; Class 3 inland where highland UV, not salt, is the main attack. Stainless heads with carbon points where specified. |
| Head colour | Colour-matched heads to the common Kenyan sheet ranges, matched from your colour reference or the sheet supplier's range before production. |
| Documentation | Coating class and salt-spray data in the document pack, plus the Kenyan pre-export conformity certificate issued against the consignment. |
Mombasa and lead times
Landed through Mombasa, cleared on the corridor.
Corridor
Sea freight to Mombasa, then road or the standard gauge rail service to the Nairobi inland container depot for up-country distribution along the Northern Corridor.
Lead time framing
Typically 6–9 weeks door to door on a full container: 2–4 weeks production, 4–5 weeks sea freight, 1–2 weeks clearing and inland delivery.
Duty and conformity
East African Community common external tariff applies to HS 7318 fasteners, plus VAT, railway development levy and import declaration fee. Kenya operates a pre-export verification of conformity scheme, so inspection is arranged at origin rather than at the port.
Coating for Kenyan exposure
Mombasa and the coastal strip need hot-dip galvanised or Class 4 roofing fixings; Nairobi and the highlands run safely on zinc plated and Class 3, but high-altitude UV still demands bonded EPDM washers.
Container or LCL
Which shipping mode suits the order.
Full container
Roofing fixings are light and bulky, so they consolidate well with bolts, nuts, washers and anchors. One bill of lading, one clearance, and the lowest freight cost per carton across the whole package.
LCL (part container)
Workable for a colour trial or a first consignment. Freight per carton is higher and the groupage depot adds handling at both ends, while the conformity and certification work stays exactly the same.
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