On 17/08/2020 23:16, T i m wrote:
On Mon, 17 Aug 2020 22:09:25 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:

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I'm with you where anything that's likely to love outside is assembled
with stainless. This is because of how often even fairly new fasteners
have rusted to the point where they can't easily be undone, or they
stain, or rust away and then fail.

You may find this interesting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IIsQr9aY_k

Well sort of, that in that particular environment, the screws seemed
to survive ok? Unfortunately, that's not my experience and hence why I
prefer stainless?

Not that I've vast experience, but a quick survey of the various garden
gates, trellis etc shows all the standard 'gold' screws look fine after
7 years +.

I did come across a screw last week where the head just snapped off
through corrosion. It was used to hold some push-fit gutter together
(!). The head was pre-mangled, but maybe there are grades of screw, with
little/no protection.

I also do quite a bit with boats and so it makes sense to have them
for use there as well (nothing oak).


Maybe sea air has something to do with it?

(apols for direct reply - who do you get rid of that cursed 'Reply'
button in Thunderbird?!)

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Cheers, Rob