"Gordon Shumway" wrote in message
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In your opinion what would you prefer for a fastener?


I'm sure he would require something that will stand up to 120mph winds...He
designs walls that stand up to those standards ya know , so he thinks
everything should be , just to be on the safe side , as stated in another
thread about shear wall strength in a SHED....LOL....



On Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:24:22 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
wrote:

On Jul 10, 4:47 pm, Gordon Shumway wrote:
I'm replacing the vinyl floor in our kitchen with a porcelain tile
floor. When I removed the old vinyl and the particle board
underlayment I found it was fastened with a fastener type that I
hadn't seen before.

The fastener is shaped similar to a letter "L" and has some small
ridges on the long leg. What kind of fastener is this and what are
they called?


As others have mentioned, they're called cleats. I've never seen them
used to fasten underlayment, just wood strip flooring. There are
better fasteners for underlayment.

R


G.S.