Hammer Tacker and Staple Guns The Hammer Tacker is most frequently used to apply house wrap and other paper building materials, which are stapled to plywood sheathing before siding is put during new residential and commercial construction. Another frequent application is to use insulation batts rather than insulation rods to fasten insulation between studs and joists. Here at Secure Tools we provide different selections of the Hammer Tacker to fit the job at hand.