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1st October 2018, 09:14 AM #1New Member
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how to remove screws
Hi my son did a little landscaping in his back yard that he now wants to remove. The timber was very green when he built but now he can’t remove the screws. Help please!
cheers. Hol
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1st October 2018, 09:51 AM #2.
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My tool of choice would be a rattle gun (Impact driver). A real one not a driver with a clutch.
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1st October 2018, 10:02 AM #3GOLD MEMBER
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There is every chance that you won’t get them out
Might be quicker and easier to cut the timber as close as practical to the fixing
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1st October 2018, 10:20 AM #4SENIOR MEMBER
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With the hex head screws I have had success with Allen keys and a long lever,worked where the impact driver didn’t
Couldn’t see Details in second pictureLast edited by nrb; 1st October 2018 at 10:22 AM. Reason: More comments
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1st October 2018, 10:21 AM #5
Assuming this is treated pine that's gone in green then weathered itself and dried, you're going to have a devil of a time removing a screw of this type.
We had the same problem in a house we bought a couple years ago, but here they'd even used bolts with a decent head size - even those sometimes required great persuasion to remove.
I'm with Beardy - you may well have to cut the timber out.
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1st October 2018, 11:10 AM #6SENIOR MEMBER
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I reckon Beardy is on the money.
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1st October 2018, 11:58 AM #7.
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If you can get your hands on a big enough impact driver you will get them out, or break off the heads which will be less messy that cutting. The bigger cordless Makita impact driver can break the heads off 10 mm diameter bolts.
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1st October 2018, 12:42 PM #8
Try the methods mentioned first, if they don't work use a reciprocating saw between the 2 timbers with appropriate metal cutting blade.
If it was green hardwood then the tannin's in the wood effectively bonds/'welds' to the metal screw. If it was CCA pressure treated pine, the chemicals react with the coating on the screw with same result. If the it was treated pine and the screws were NOT galvanised, the chemical eats into to steel and given enough time no more srew.The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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2nd October 2018, 01:29 PM #9Senior Member
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It's worth trying all the methods mentioned here, sometimes they might work depending on the state of the screws, but chances are you probably will end up cutting the wood in the end.
If you can squeeze a blade between the two pieces it will be neater to cut the screw with a reciprocating saw with a metal blade or a hacksaw.
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