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Posted by Robert Allison on June 13, 2005, 9:38 pm
badgolferman wrote:
> wrote:
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>>badgolferman wrote:
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>>>I built a privacy fence last year and borrowed a friend's nail gun.
>>>He gave me a bunch of nails to use with the gun and everything came
>>>out fine. When we looked up the nails on Lowe's to find out their
>>>price so I could repay him, we noticed the description said not
>>>recommended for ACQ lumber. This is the lumber I purchased from
>>>the lumber yard and don't really want to go disassembling the fence
>>>to replace the nails. What should I expect to happen to the fence
>>>and what should I have used instead?
>>>
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>>You should have used either stainless or double hot dipped galvanized
>>nails. You can expect the fasteners to disentigrate and fail. You
>>can easily buy some of the correct fasteners and renail the fence
>>without removing the existing nails.
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>>Here is a little article on it:
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>>http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0JVJ/is_5_15/ai_n6234007
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>>And here is a pdf file with the warning:
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>>http://www.fccip.org/Issue-6,May2004.pdf
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> I believe they were full head electrogalvanized ring. Is this good or
> bad?
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Yes. It specifically states NOT to use electrogalvanized
nails. The galvanization is way too thin to protect it
against the corrosiveness of the new treated lumber.
The full head and the ring shank are good though.
--
Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX
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