excellent point. Conversely, decks are usually screwed in because they hold better and won't pop up like nail heads will. But with pressure treated lumber on most decks, you just have to be sure and use the treated screws.
I had a friend that cut her bare foot pretty badly on an exposed nail head on her deck. Her husband and I spent an entire weekend replacing all the nails with deck screws. No problems since.
-aki
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:09 PM, ray <dataman@daeo.net> wrote:
Nails will bend if there is movement in the structure and still hold
things together whereas screws will snap off. That's why stick houses
are nailed together.
On 4/4/2013 3:12 AM, Tori wrote:
>
> When does one use nails over screws? I understand screws are more
> durable than nails but nails are finer and disappear into the wood as
> screws dont, and i realize galvanized is weather safe but SSteel is
> even more so but more $$$. Thats all I understand- dont get when I
> should use one or the other . Considering shelving boxes at this point.
>
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