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Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
By:Dean Trexel
Date: 10/12/1999, 5:39 pm
In Response To: Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines... (Mike Plumer)

> Dean, do wood screws hold as well in epoxy as in wood?

They hold very well, but a good pilot hole would have to be drilled. Hard epoxy just doesn't deform as wood does when a screw is driven into it. Make sure the pilot hole is as large as the minor diameter of the screw threads. If you do all this in the period of a few days, the epoxy that you squirt in the pilot hole when installing the screw will bond with the thickened epoxy plug under the deck.

Good luck with whichever method you go with! Dean

Messages In This Thread

My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Plumer -- 10/11/1999, 8:29 pm
Re: I've cancelled the arm-stretching
Mike Plumer -- 10/13/1999, 1:17 am
Reprise 1
mike allen -- 10/12/1999, 5:16 pm
Molly Toggle, the amazing one handed nut
Ed Valley -- 10/12/1999, 11:28 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
willy dommen -- 10/12/1999, 11:16 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
lee -- 10/12/1999, 1:38 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Hanks -- 10/12/1999, 1:29 am
Re: Mahogany Rails
Greg Hicks -- 10/12/1999, 11:22 am
Re: Mahogany Rails
Mike Hanks -- 10/16/1999, 12:32 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Mike Plumer -- 10/12/1999, 12:14 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Dean Trexel -- 10/12/1999, 5:39 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Ross Leidy -- 10/12/1999, 8:59 am
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Ross Leidy -- 10/11/1999, 9:06 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Dean Trexel -- 10/11/1999, 9:03 pm
Re: My arm's too short to install deck lines...
Larry C. -- 10/11/1999, 8:44 pm