RalphVa
Super Member
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2003
- Messages
- 7,885
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Tractor
- JD 2025R, previously Gravely 5650 & JD 4010 & JD 1025R
Recently, I decided to take up a couple of our deck boards to check on the gutters underneath. Our handy man, when he replaced the deck boards, put roofing rubber between the joists and sloped it so that it drains into a gutter that then flows to a rain tank underneath. I wanted to vacuum out any accumulated crud.
What I found was that quite a few of the titanium coated deck screws were corroded on their shanks. One actually broke off.
So, I bought some more screws and have been unscrewing them to expose the shanks and replacing any with the coating partly gone. Today, there were quite a few. I've finished off one new box of 66 screws.
The screws were put in about mid 2012. I intend to take them back to Lowes with a letter explaining what I found when I finish.
The risers on the stairs were not replaced. I unscrewed some of those screws (same kind: 10 x 3 with torx heads, the tapered head ones). Those were in beautiful shape. Think they date back to about mid 1990s when the deck was put in as part of the pool, etc.
So, any of you who bought any of these type screws around mid 2012 should remove some to expose the shanks. Strangely enough, the coating on the actual screw part is fine.
Ralph
What I found was that quite a few of the titanium coated deck screws were corroded on their shanks. One actually broke off.
So, I bought some more screws and have been unscrewing them to expose the shanks and replacing any with the coating partly gone. Today, there were quite a few. I've finished off one new box of 66 screws.
The screws were put in about mid 2012. I intend to take them back to Lowes with a letter explaining what I found when I finish.
The risers on the stairs were not replaced. I unscrewed some of those screws (same kind: 10 x 3 with torx heads, the tapered head ones). Those were in beautiful shape. Think they date back to about mid 1990s when the deck was put in as part of the pool, etc.
So, any of you who bought any of these type screws around mid 2012 should remove some to expose the shanks. Strangely enough, the coating on the actual screw part is fine.
Ralph