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Deck Screws

Used for exterior construction

• 1" [1]. 3.3 cents.
• 1-5/8" 25 lb $4/lb [2]. 3.8 cents/screw.
• 3" deck screw - 5.3 cents [3] $4/lb
• 6" Deck Screws - 26 cents each [4]
• 3.5" - $3.5/lb in 2021 - [5]

Lag Screws or Structural Wood Screws

8"

• 3/8" monsters, about $1.50, 8" T40 [6]

6"

• 1/4", 46 cents - [7]

5"

• 1/4" Spax 5" long 60 cents T30 bit [8]
• #14 5" T30 40 cents [9]

3"

• 5/16" Spax T40 bit 3" long 50 cents [10] (about 2x the strength of the Simpson Strong Tie SDWS) - 300 lb pullout, 900 lb shear
• #14 (nominal quarter inch) 3" T30 bit 25 cents [11]
• #14 5" T30 40 cents [12]

Lag

3"

• Lag - 1/4"x3 10 cents [13]
• 3/8"x3 - 30 cents [14]
• 1/2"x3 - 60 cents [15]

Strong Drive

• SDSW22300DB - 3" 50 cents. Uses T40 bit. [16]
• SDWS22500DB 5" 60 cents. Uses T40 bit. [17]

6" Construction Screws

• $6/lb at menards [18], 19 cents each.

Ledger

• Simpson SDWS22500DB 5" [19]. 60 cents each.
• LedgerLOK - more expensive, thinner than Simson .220 [20]

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