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Re-nailing garden fence
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Sorry if this is in wrong section but as above I need to re nail my wooden garden fence.
I have vertical wooden fencing panels between concrete posts with the concrete plynths on the bottom.
Over the years the nails have worked loose from the wood and I need to redo some of them.
Can someone tell me what nails/tacks I should use or in fact if screws might be better.
I have vertical wooden fencing panels between concrete posts with the concrete plynths on the bottom.
Over the years the nails have worked loose from the wood and I need to redo some of them.
Can someone tell me what nails/tacks I should use or in fact if screws might be better.
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Personally I prefer screws. Yes they're a tad more expensive than nails, but you're still not talking a huge amount of money ( just as an example, £3.59 for a pack of 200, loads of others available : http://www.screwfix.com/p/goldscrew-woodscrews-double-self-countersunk-5-x-50mm-200-pack/16497 ). And for something like a fence panel, where some flexing and battering from the wind is inevitable, screws will not work loose as easily as nails.0
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Ringshank nails.
Im pretty sure i couldnt get screws in my fence panel without it splitting to pieces. Aint got time to be doing pilot holes on fence panels either.0 -
Thanks! The wood is not up to much-rough and not very thick.
Might be right about the screws splitting the wood.
Looked at the ringshank nails and I think they are what's been used .0 -
Either method above might work better than the other, depending on the nature of the wood, but I would drill pilot holes if screwing. It doesn't take that long and it's not as if you're paying yourself on piecework!0
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Either method above might work better than the other, depending on the nature of the wood, but I would drill pilot holes if screwing. It doesn't take that long and it's not as if you're paying yourself on piecework!
I would agree, drill on one hand, impact driver in the other, screws between teeth and off you go!0 -
I'd go with the pilot holes and screws, as you may find bashing with a hammer will loosen even more bits."We could say the government spends like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors, because the sailors are spending their own money."
~ President Ronald Reagan0
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