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TOPIC: Screws
#146
Screws 3 Years, 12 Months ago Karma: 0
The screws in my inhertied decking are suffering, I guess the wrong type were used, what are the best screws to use please?
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Re:Screws 3 Years, 12 Months ago Karma: 11
Galvanized or stainless steel screws. Neither will rust and fall apart. Is their a black stain aroung the screw head? If so, then you have rust in your wood where the screws are falling apart. You may want to use a deck brightener. This will help remove those stains.
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Re:Screws 3 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 0
iron wrote:
The screws in my inhertied decking are suffering, I guess the wrong type were used, what are the best screws to use please?
I have the same problem. The builders didn't use protected screws and now that are rusting leaving black drip marks. Did you try the brightener?
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Re:Screws 3 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 0
Hi I didn't have bad stains around the holes so no no brightener, ok so galvanized it is. It amazes me that contractors used the wrong screws in the first place
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#194
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It's not like they are more expensive either. Just bought the wrong kind. Maybe it was built by a homeowner who hadn't any idea what they were doing
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Re:Screws 3 Years, 11 Months ago Karma: 0
I had the same issue but not with decking but on other external fixtures, it took a lot of time and effort to make things look again, its got to be laziness as you allude too
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Re:Screws 3 Years, 10 Months ago Karma: 6
On rare ocasions, the screw manufacturer mislable's the box's too. It happened to a deck builder I know and they had to replace about five decks because of it.
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