[Shop-talk] What's the hot ticket for a new deck?

[dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt)]

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> no common nails,
>
> Are "deck" screws still OK?

For attaching the decking, yes.  For anything else, probably not.
Common nails fall out with weather cycles; ring shank nails (or
various other "threaded" nails) are much bettter at resisting that.  I
think some of the requirements are a bit overkill for most decks, but
not that one.

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