What are quick drive screws?
Quik Drive Metal-To-Metal Screws Collated-screws are gaining popularity over nails for their speed, reliability, and power. Quik Drive® Screws are collated on quick-loading screw strips and available in several different construction screw options, including wood screws, deck screws, drywall screws, and more.
What is a Simpson screw?
The Strong-Drive SD Connector screw is specifically designed to replace nails in certain Simpson Strong-Tie connectors and is the only screw approved for that application. The load-rated SD screw has been tested and approved for use in many popular Simpson Strong-Tie products.
What is a collated screw gun?
A collated screw gun is able to sink a screw 2 inches below the surface of hard wood—unlike other screw guns that simply lack the power to do the same thing. Read on for information about some of the best ways to use a collated screw gun.
What screws to use for subfloor?
Most construction experts use 3-inch steel screws for plywood subfloors. To find out which length of screw you’ll need, you first have to know how thick the flooring is. You’ll want the screw to go about an inch past the plywood into the joist or underlying layer beneath it.
What is a quick drive transmission?
A Quick Drive is a torque converter drive unit, which allows the use of several types of racing specific transmissions that were designed to be used with a clutch in an application where the racer desires to use a torque converter instead of a clutch.
What size screws do I use for joist hangers?
For interior framing, that means using only the thicker 10d, 12d or 16d common nails (rather than skinnier sinker nails) to fasten a joist hanger’s face flange to wall ledgers, headers and beams. Outdoors use 16d double-dipped galvanized nails (or stainless steel when called for) for installing hangers.
Can I frame with screws?
Our inspectors have seen a disturbing trend of late: people using wood or deck screws when building structural elements. This means ordinary wood screws cannot be used to attach rafters to top plates, or joists to beams.
What is the best screw gun?
BEST OVERALL: DEWALT 8V MAX Cordless Screwdriver Kit.
What is the difference between a drill and a screw gun?
A drill has a chuck to hold drill bits and other bits used to screw in almost any kind of fastener. Screw guns are used only for fastening screws and are not designed to drill holes. There is an adjustable nose, versus a chuck, on the screw gun that sets the depth of the screw.