Posted by Fixerupper on February 23, 2012 at 19:24:47 from (199.120.105.202):
In Reply to: Holmes again posted by Bob S. on February 23, 2012 at 19:08:47:
Comparing apples to apples? Meaning a screw with the same size shank as the nail? Screws do snap pretty easy where a nail will flex and hold under a shear load. Seems to me like screws the same length as a corresponding nail have a thinner shank than the nail unless there are different screw sizes out there that I don't know of. I found out the hard way plain old galvanized nails work better in a hayrack floor because screws of the same length as the nails tend to snap off from the flexing.
On this last cattle shed remodeling project I did I used mainly torx headed screws just because my arthritic right thumb doesn't like a hammer. I do have a little bit of an uneasy feeling about it just because of the fact that screws can snap under severe stress. Jim
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