I think the real problem is the new PT lumber. It eats galvanized screws

gfretwell responds:


I think the real problem is the new PT lumber. It eats galvanized screws

I think someof the problem is mislabeling of galvanized screws. About 16 years
ago,I built a redwood deck on this house, using double dipped galvanized. For
the past year, I've been replacing deck boards that rotted around the rusted
screws. I'm using stainless from McFeely's this time.

Charlie Self
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some
kind of federal program." George W. Bush, St. Charles, Missouri, November 2,
2000

Yep thats what my bother told me. The acid in older PT eats galvinized
screws apprently newer PT is a safer "gnawable" formula

"Greg" wrote in message
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I think the real problem is the new PT lumber. It eats galvanized screws

Greg

The NEW copper based PT lumber is WORSE for eating/corroding
galvanized hardware than the old PT lumber. Most folks are either
going with super heavy galvanized stuff for the new PT lumber, OR (in
my opinion the better choice) going to SS hardware/fasteners (and that
included things like joist hangers, j-bolts in the foundation/etc

John

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 06:09:04 -0800, "joey" wrote:

Yep thats what my bother told me. The acid in older PT eats galvinized
screws apprently newer PT is a safer "gnawable" formula

"Greg" wrote in message
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I think the real problem is the new PT lumber. It eats galvanized screws