....you can tell I'm building something 'cause I got lotsa questions!

This one: What's the best type of nail to use in freshly-cut
hemlock? This is mostly for floorboards; the frame is post&beam.
Also will be for SOME small framing for siding, and for roof
purlins before metal roofing.

Are Galvanized common nails needed or desireable? I got one
opinion that said "The wood is going to dry and stay dry and
the common nails will rust just a bit and then they'll grab
better than the galvanized. What's your experience / opinion??

The nails look OK on a small shed I built with common nails, but
this is more important to me.

Thanks!
--
Regards, Terry King ...In The Woods In Vermont

The one who Dies With The Most Parts LOSES!! What do you need?

Terry King wrote in message ...
...you can tell I'm building something 'cause I got lotsa questions!

This one: What's the best type of nail to use in freshly-cut
hemlock? This is mostly for floorboards; the frame is post&beam.
Also will be for SOME small framing for siding, and for roof
purlins before metal roofing.

Are Galvanized common nails needed or desireable? I got one
opinion that said "The wood is going to dry and stay dry and
the common nails will rust just a bit and then they'll grab
better than the galvanized. What's your experience / opinion??

The nails look OK on a small shed I built with common nails, but
this is more important to me.

Thanks!

Well, I don't know from rusted common nails, but I know that if you
can get a galvanized ring shank nail to even *sink* into wood (I could
barely drive them through T111 into fir 2x4--they were 8d and I bent 2
for every one I drove) that that sumbitch ain't NEVER COMING OUT.
Never.

Other than that, for 2x framing (never done Post & Beam) I use common
nails just because galvanized are harder to drive. If you've got time
and patience, hot-dipped galvanized (not electro-plated) hold much
better, IME.

However, if you're relying on a nail to keep 2 pieces of wood from
literally pulling apart, you should be using a screw or a lag bolt or
a drilled hole with a bolt and nut (with washers).

Hope I didn't serve to confuse you further. Good luck.

-Phil Crow