Shear strength of screws
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:26:06 -0700, RP wrote:
Up here in the Northeast, if we are framing a house, we cannot use
screws. Must use nails or you will not pass the framing inspection.
That seems a little strange - what's the rational given, if any?
I learned the hard way that any carpentry (as opposed to ww) work I do,
someday I, or someone who comes after, will have to take it apart again.
I use screws for all that now.
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