Timeline for Difference wood and deck screws
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| Aug 20, 2016 at 22:14 | comment | added | Ed Beal | Some epoxy coated screws are far superior to hot dipped galvinised for modern anti rot treatments. | |
| Aug 20, 2016 at 19:46 | comment | added | Chris | You can get coated screws in pretty much any threading, shaft size, or head type. Effectively, construction screws are a type of wood screw. | |
| Aug 20, 2016 at 19:29 | comment | added | ohmmy | Lol the previous owners left a jar full of drywall screws so I wondered if they'd be good enough or not. So to clarify, wood and construction screws differentiate by the coating? Or are they threaded differently as well? | |
| Aug 20, 2016 at 19:14 | comment | added | Chris | Workbench? If you're using ebonistry techniques, drywall will suffice, if you're not planning to be technically inclined in cabinetry, your safer bet is construction/wood screws. | |
| Aug 20, 2016 at 19:10 | comment | added | ohmmy | Thanks for your response Chris. Which screws would be recommended when building something like a garage workbench? Wood screws or would dry wall screws suffice? | |
| Aug 20, 2016 at 19:03 | history | answered | Chris | CC BY-SA 3.0 |