Not that it matters much, but I now know how the deck out in the yard is supported:
An 8" post supports two joists and sits on some kind of board.
But the real reason for my post tonight is that I've come up against a nasty problem which I have no idea of how to address. Some of the screws I'm trying to take out are snapping on me. I'm trying to get the planks up which are over the beam that needs to be replaced. Two different types of screws were used to fasten down the planks. One type has a larger head and has held up fairly well. But as I move South, I'm encountering another type of screw with a smaller head. Here is one of each kind:
These little-headed screws are mostly the type used from where I'm at going south. So far, I've snapped 1/3 of them. Then they just spin. 1/3 will come out, and the rest are frozen. I"m going to put more liquid wrench on the frozen ones, and they may snap once I start to get them up! I need to get about 230 screws up to get the 5 rows of planks up which are over the beam. Almost all of the screws are the weak small headed kind.
Any ideas?? If the bottom half of these screws are in the joist, I won't be able to put a new screw in that that hole. If they are snapping just under the head, I can twist them out with a pliers after lifting up the plank.
An 8" post supports two joists and sits on some kind of board.
But the real reason for my post tonight is that I've come up against a nasty problem which I have no idea of how to address. Some of the screws I'm trying to take out are snapping on me. I'm trying to get the planks up which are over the beam that needs to be replaced. Two different types of screws were used to fasten down the planks. One type has a larger head and has held up fairly well. But as I move South, I'm encountering another type of screw with a smaller head. Here is one of each kind:
These little-headed screws are mostly the type used from where I'm at going south. So far, I've snapped 1/3 of them. Then they just spin. 1/3 will come out, and the rest are frozen. I"m going to put more liquid wrench on the frozen ones, and they may snap once I start to get them up! I need to get about 230 screws up to get the 5 rows of planks up which are over the beam. Almost all of the screws are the weak small headed kind.
Any ideas?? If the bottom half of these screws are in the joist, I won't be able to put a new screw in that that hole. If they are snapping just under the head, I can twist them out with a pliers after lifting up the plank.