Currently mounting OSB board to metal studs and having some trouble with the screw heads not sinking into the board. Anyone have good tips?
The screws I'm using are a bulk pack from Byggmax and cut into the stud really well, but when the head reaches the OSB board, the screw starts to rotate instead of sinking into the material.
The screws I'm using are a bulk pack from Byggmax and cut into the stud really well, but when the head reaches the OSB board, the screw starts to rotate instead of sinking into the material.
Do you have the right screw? It sounds like the threading doesn't go all the way up to the head.
Exactly... here you'll need a chipboard screw that drills itself into the board... but what's likely happening here is that the screw is drilling out the hole in the steel frame so that it just slips... easy to happen with too high speed when screwing. The torque must also be relatively low... screw carefully, feel free to complement with some white glue between the board and the frame... and then fully screw the drywall boards so everything stays in place as it should.
The chipboard screw didn't penetrate the metal stud properly, and the metal stud kept bending all the time. I also bought a pair of black 25mm Grabber drywall screws, but they behaved exactly the same way.
But then I started doing this, and it turned out great: I drove in Byggmax drywall screws for metal studs (the ones I couldn't sink the head into the OSB) a few centimeters next to where I intended the screw. This screw easily bit into the metal stud properly. Then I drove in Grabber's black 25mm drywall screw for metal studs where I wanted the screw. The Byggmax screw held the stud in place, and the Grabber screw head dug nicely into the OSB board.
Sure, I had to screw twice as many times, but it turned out GOOD
But then I started doing this, and it turned out great: I drove in Byggmax drywall screws for metal studs (the ones I couldn't sink the head into the OSB) a few centimeters next to where I intended the screw. This screw easily bit into the metal stud properly. Then I drove in Grabber's black 25mm drywall screw for metal studs where I wanted the screw. The Byggmax screw held the stud in place, and the Grabber screw head dug nicely into the OSB board.
Sure, I had to screw twice as many times, but it turned out GOOD