It’s time to settle an age-old debate: nails vs. screws. Both are a form of ancient wood-fastening technology that still get the job done today. But how do you know which one to use for any given ...

Q. When we nail near the end of a piece, or nail or screw in the side edge, we often see a small split created by the fastener. Why is this and what can we do? With MDF, the fastener in an edge seems ...

If you’re tackling even a small DIY project around the house, navigating the fastener aisle at the hardware store can be daunting. There are hundreds of different types of screws, nails, bolts, and ...

It's one of the age-old carpentry questions: when to use screws? When to use nails? And sometimes there's no consensus. The DIY experts at at Stack Exchange are here to help. Is there a case where ...

I was blessed by God to learn my craft of building and remodeling in Cincinnati. The first few years of my career had me working on houses that were close to 100 years old. I have no recollection of ...

CHATFIELD — One of the remnants of a barn collapse are thousands of nails and screws littering the ground, waiting to puncture tires, skin or worse. Such was the case at North-Creek Dairy near ...

It happens all too often: A nail or screw hits a plumbing or electrical component in a wall. With the advent of pneumatic siding, framing nailers and self-feeding drywall screw guns, the number of ...