Nails or screws?

[Carols Clucks]

I mixed up the two, nails where I could use smaller and easier to drive ones, like on the siding, and screws everywhere else

Pushing 50 and being female, I am aware that wacking that many nails is going to cost me in a different way. Shoot, some days I can hardy pick up anything just from pulling nails (hundreds of them but still)

Off to finish deck-mate screwing the new picket fence and gates at Moms.

 

[Chick Norris]

Torx drive deck screws.

When you change things around in your coop (and you will), it's much easier to remove screws than to cut nails with a saws-all.

 

[Chicken Rustler]

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IMHO Torx are overrated and don't seem as durable as the square drive. But this is just my opinion.

 

[ChickiKat]

both, but mostly screws.

 

[Steadfast]

I used 4 inch, square, spiral nails....

They actually turn as you hammer them in...
so you get the simplicity of nails with the strength of screws...

 

[Hawkeye95]

I'm using a battery powered drill and putting in 3 inch exterior screws. I've already had to undo about 4 pieces of wood, and it was soooo easy to undo and back out the screws. I don't think my drill is very powerful either - just a little cheapy drill, but the screws go right in anyway with no problems. I have two batteries, one can charge while i use the other and then switch them out when it dies. That way I can keep working and a battery is always charging. So far, I haven't had to predrill, everything has gone in with no splitting and no issues.

 

[swmalone]

I am planning on building another coop and I will be using a framing nail gun to put together the frame. I plan to use screws to attach everything else, and then switch to a finish nailer for trim. I think for the framing if you are using a framing nail gun you won't have any problem.

 

[TheJuan-n-Only]

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I forgot to mention that. I already planned for expansion on the coop. So all those arease that will me removes are screws only!!

 

[wyoDreamer]

We build just about everything with screws.

Once I was girl Friday to Hubby on a project when he asked for his "screwdriver". I couldn't find a screw driver where we were working, so I went upstairs and grabbed a flat and philips screwdriver from MY toolbox. Went back downstairs, handed him the screwdrivers and he stared at them in his hand. And then he started laughing - it seems the "screwdriver" is his older Dewalt coordless drill with the driver bit; when he asks for his drill, that is his new Dewalt cordless Hammer-drill.