You can take a grinder and grind the heads off, then lift the boards up, and with some vice-grips you can unscrew the remainder of the screw. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric" <rics...@nycap.rr.com> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 4:53 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Deck board screws
> The only good way would be to use a saws all to cut the screws off at the > joists. Two screws per board at every joist is fine, just sink it a > little. > > Eric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan & Terrie Robbins > To: Blindhandyman > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 6:46 PM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Deck board screws > > > > Looking for some opinion before I replace the surface boards > on our 12 by 16 exterior deck. I will be using the pressure > treated premium decking which they refer to as a five > quarter by six. The actual finished width is about 5 and a > half inches. Anyway after I get done removing the old, which > I may say is no small task as many of the Phillips screws > are counter sunk and of course stripped. So one question is > maybe somebody has some novel ideas on removing them that I > have not thought of? All ideas welcome. My question on the > new boards is to minimize cupping over the years do you > think its over kill to use 3 deck screws per joist rather > than the way it is now with 2? > > thanks > Al > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5223 (20100623) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > >
