Sheet Rock Screws, nails, etc.

[KDM]

I was cleaning up the garage this past rainy day and GOOD GRIEF do I have sheet rock screws and other fastening items. Seems that any time I had to put up a sheet of sheet rock or a piece of wood I seemed to have inherited or gained or somehow acquired a bucket of screws or nails to get the job done. Most came with the house when I bought it as the guy was a wood worker, but I guess I didn't comprehend the true magnitude of what was hiding back under the tables. Not fun to move either. Moral of the story.."Ask the neighbor if he has any spare screws or nails before going out a buying some for a job. He might have plenty he wants to part with. It could save you some money."

 

[Petras]

I hear ya... the local hardware store changed brands of the fasteners they carry... when they did they put the 1# and 5# boxes of the old brand fasteners on sale for like $1 and 3$... needless to say i'm the proud owner of a metric shit-ton of fasteners that I will never use... or even know where T.F. to use them even... but they were cheap, and you never know.

 

[riverview]

after renovating one house then building a new house i have lots of Fastners, then i went to a lumber yard auction sale and screws were to cheap to pass up.

 

[LBrandt]

Try being in the drywall business and retire and thats when all those 1/2 full 5 gal buckets magickly craw out of nowhere until they become a shit ton, and I kid you not. Could have stayed in business for another 5 years and never bought another screw or nail. LB

 

[That guy]

your not an adult until you have aquired two coffee cans full misc. screws and nails

 

[shorthairman]

Just looking for clarification on what the difference between a shit ton and a metric shit ton is?

 

[Allen]

A shit ton is an American weight definition, therefore it's equal to 2,000 lbs. A metric shit ton is 2,200 lbs.

 

[LBrandt]

Ones in Canada. LB

 

[WormWiggler]

I thought he who dies with the most coffee cans full of screw wins? Don't tell me I've been playing this all wrong!

 

[LBrandt]

No ones even coming close cause I use 5gal buckets. LB

 

[MicLee]

I still have a giant black bag of pvc pipe randomness sitting in my basement utility room. It has been there for over a decade.