Howdy,
I was just watching Holmes on Homes and the wife chased me out of the living room. It seems without me noticing, I yell at the TV when Holmes is on. He was working on a stud wall and while popping hemmerroids trying to pull out a bent nail, he said that screws hold better than nails in a shear application. I will bet that a cement coated nail will hold better than a screw in conventionaly built stud walls. He is talking about shear and lateral strength, I say if you build the wall and put pressure to rack the wall the screws will pull out and break. I use screws a lot too but not like Holmes does. What do you guys think?
I was just watching Holmes on Homes and the wife chased me out of the living room. It seems without me noticing, I yell at the TV when Holmes is on. He was working on a stud wall and while popping hemmerroids trying to pull out a bent nail, he said that screws hold better than nails in a shear application. I will bet that a cement coated nail will hold better than a screw in conventionaly built stud walls. He is talking about shear and lateral strength, I say if you build the wall and put pressure to rack the wall the screws will pull out and break. I use screws a lot too but not like Holmes does. What do you guys think?