Mike Rees
01-05-2010, 12:14 PM
So, this weekend I finally splurged on blinds for the rest of the house. I had been avoiding the expense for other 'needs' (tools, etc.). So I have 10 blinds to rig up over the course of the afternoon.
The first thing I do whenever I buy ANYTHING is to throw away whatever fastners they send w/ the product. I've never bought anything that needed hanging where they've provided me with anything besides cheap foreign fastners that strip out or break.
So I subsitute what is in the box w/ sheetrock 1.25" screws to start. Nice aggresive points and threads, great for getting through the sheetrock flashing and whatever else I run into. They were the same length as the included screws (that I tossed) so I had no worries.
Until I ran out of sheetrock screws.
4 blinds to go, I'm now into those silver wood screws you pick up at HD. They might be great for driving down into wood, but screwing up through the flashing, sometimes at weird angles given the brackets, etc. ...
Well, lets just consider that saying they 'stunk' would be a kind way of putting it.
Than, the epiphany hit me. Grab my kit of Kreg screws. I didn't put it together initially because I'm not drilling pocket holes. Wow, what a differance.
These screws sunk in like nobody's business. With the square head I had no stripping issues. And with the long square head drive (not sure I'm calling it right) that comes w/ the kreg jig kit, I was able to sink screws through the holes in the brackets without cursing and scraping my knuckles w/ a hand screw driver pressed up against the side of the window opening.
Needless to say, I'll be picking up a few 500ct. boxes of various sizes from Amazon. Very soon. So long HD silver phillips screws !! I wasn't that found of you in the first place.
The first thing I do whenever I buy ANYTHING is to throw away whatever fastners they send w/ the product. I've never bought anything that needed hanging where they've provided me with anything besides cheap foreign fastners that strip out or break.
So I subsitute what is in the box w/ sheetrock 1.25" screws to start. Nice aggresive points and threads, great for getting through the sheetrock flashing and whatever else I run into. They were the same length as the included screws (that I tossed) so I had no worries.
Until I ran out of sheetrock screws.
4 blinds to go, I'm now into those silver wood screws you pick up at HD. They might be great for driving down into wood, but screwing up through the flashing, sometimes at weird angles given the brackets, etc. ...
Well, lets just consider that saying they 'stunk' would be a kind way of putting it.
Than, the epiphany hit me. Grab my kit of Kreg screws. I didn't put it together initially because I'm not drilling pocket holes. Wow, what a differance.
These screws sunk in like nobody's business. With the square head I had no stripping issues. And with the long square head drive (not sure I'm calling it right) that comes w/ the kreg jig kit, I was able to sink screws through the holes in the brackets without cursing and scraping my knuckles w/ a hand screw driver pressed up against the side of the window opening.
Needless to say, I'll be picking up a few 500ct. boxes of various sizes from Amazon. Very soon. So long HD silver phillips screws !! I wasn't that found of you in the first place.