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| message from John Rumm on 10 May 2004 |
Is the traditional cut clasp nail still best for chipboard flooring
sheets, or would a ring nail be better?
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| geoff replied to John Rumm on 10 May 2004 |
If you want to prevent nails splitting wood, blunt them first, that way
they tear and don't split. Whack the point with a hammer
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| nightjar replied to John Rumm on 10 May 2004 |
I use Posidrive screws in drilled and countersunk holes. The main reasons
for using nails are speed and cost. For the d-i-y-er the savings on either
over using screws is not likely to be significant and screws are easier to
take up during later d-i-y projects.
Colin Bignell
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| IMM replied to nightjar on 10 May 2004 |
Nails easily work loose. Screws keep a tight hold. The on-site method is
to glue and nail chipboard to prevent creaks. Taking it up is diffiicult
after. Using only screws can keep away the creaks and easy to take up
after.
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| Seri replied to IMM on 10 May 2004 |
| "nightjar .uk.com>" <nightjar@<insert_my_surname_here> wrote in message
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| > "John Rumm" <see.my.signature@nowhere.null> wrote in message
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| > > Is the traditional cut clasp nail still best for chipboard flooring
| > > sheets, or would a ring nail be better?
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| > I use Posidrive screws in drilled and countersunk holes. The main
reasons
| > for using nails are speed and cost. For the d-i-y-er the savings on
either
| > over using screws is not likely to be significant and screws are easier
to
| > take up during later d-i-y projects.
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| Nails easily work loose. Screws keep a tight hold. The on-site method is
| to glue and nail chipboard to prevent creaks. Taking it up is diffiicult
| after. Using only screws can keep away the creaks and easy to take up
| after.
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Screws every time, so easy to get the stuff up again if you need to, don't
set the torque too high on your electric screwdriver though and drill pilot
holes (for the teeny bit of extra time it takes it sure makes life easier).
Seri
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| N. Thornton replied to Seri on 10 May 2004 |
First time I did flooring I just hammered the screws in. Nearky the
speed of nails and grips nicely. Just regard them as high performance
nails. That was chipboard.
Regards, NT
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| Seri replied to N. Thornton on 10 May 2004 |
| First time I did flooring I just hammered the screws in. Nearly the
| speed of nails and grips nicely. Just regard them as high performance
| nails.
whenever I've tried though I seem to split the wood I'm hammering into...
Personally I'll stick to the slow and steady method, drill a pilot hole then
screw into it.
Seri
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| nightjar replied to N. Thornton on 11 May 2004 |
While the engineer's screwdriver works quite well in wood, good quality
flooring grade chipboard needs to be drilled and countersunk to get the
screw heads flush.
Colin Bignell
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| nightjar replied to IMM on 10 May 2004 |
Ring barb nails don't. I built a pair of gates (2m x 3m) over 20 years ago
using bronze ring barb nails and they still look good for at least as long
again. However, by the same token, you shouldn't use ring barb nails if you
have any expectation of ever needing to remove them again.
Colin Bignell
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