The screws will cost you more money when building a deck. But the small extra cost is worth it when a serious injury or death might occur if you decide to forgo their use.

Deck-Drive DSV Wood screws with the black Quik Guard coating come in #8 and #10 sizes and three lengths for hand-drive applications.

The offending screws are in a newly constructed, 1,300-square-foot, tri-level deck. The homeowners were so concerned about preserving the beauty of the deck that they […] Skip to content ...

Slip the board between two posts and fasten it with 2-1/2-in. deck screws. Cut a 2 x 4 to length and screw it to the top of the 2 x 6 rail to act as a cap. Step 9: Building The Guardrails.

Q. We have attached bird feeders, birdhouses, electrical conduit and wind chimes to our trees using galvanized deck screws that penetrate into the trunks by 1 to 1 1/2 inches. Some have just two ...