Framing Screws Furniture Screws Steel Galvanized Sheet Metal Screws

Framing screws are going to snap like twigs when weight is applied, which is certainly not the case. There are times when screws are easier and more controllable. Furthermore, there are times when you want something to really hold, like the blocking you mount a ceiling fan box too. Also, remodelers often don’t use nails because when we frame, there’s often drywall on the other side of the wall or below us. If we start using a nail gun or a hammer, we get pops on the rock. Screws are nice and gentle. Ever Hardware provides custom-made fasteners and customizable packaging.

A self-tapping screw is a screw that can tap its own hole as it is driven into the material. For hard substrates such as metal or hard plastics, the self-tapping ability is often created by cutting a gap in the continuity of the thread on the screw, generating a flute, and cutting edge similar to those on a tap. Thus, whereas a regular machine screw cannot tap its own hole in a metal substrate, a self-tapping one can (within reasonable limits of substrate hardness and depth). For softer substrates such as wood or soft plastics, the self-tapping ability can come simply from a tip that tapers to a gimlet point (in which no flute is needed).

Galvanization, or galvanisation, (or galvanizing as it is most commonly called in that industry), is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent framing screws rusting. The most common method is hot-dip galvanizing, in which parts are submerged in a bath of molten zinc.