I just want to share a warning about Biltema's decking screws, see pictures below. I laid 20 sqm of decking in the spring of 2018, the first 15 with screws of an unknown brand and about 5 sqm with Biltema's screws. The unknown brand has no problems, but now I note that about 90% of Biltema's screws have simply broken. You'll have a hard time finding worse crap, and I hope not many of you have bought and used the same garbage!
My decks at home are screwed with decking screws from Byggmax.
Not a single one has broken after installation, but a few broke during the actual screwing process.
The deck is about 7 years old.
At the cottage, we’ve built a terrace with decking screws from essve, same there, none have broken.
However, those screws are significantly more expensive than Byggmax.
But good to know that you shouldn’t buy from Biltema anyway
I just want to share a warning about Biltema's decking screws, see pictures below. I laid 20 sqm of decking in spring 2018, the first 15 with screws of an unknown brand and about 5 sqm with Biltema's screws.
There's no problem with the unknown brand, but now I notice that about 90% of Biltema's screws have simply broken.
It's hard to find worse junk, and I hope not many of you have bought and used the same trash!
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Hmmm, seems like they all broke off in more or less the same place. Must have been a bad batch.
Have the same problem with Biltema's stainless steel, you can easily notice that there are no margins at all as you easily break them if, for example, you try to screw the decking into a beam and hit a knot or something similar that makes it more difficult. Usually breaks right where the threads start.
That's exactly how the screws from essve that I used for the fence boards look... More than half have broken after two winters. Heco stainless, on the other hand, hold up.
Similar to when I bought screws at a hardware store (don't remember which one, don't want to wrongly accuse).
They snapped right at the head when I tightened them by hand. Where was I screwing? An angle bracket on the dining table... Damn, I was furious... Every screw that went into a newly drilled hole snapped. So it took 2 screws per hole...
The same problem exists with Beijer's own decking screw "Raptor". It is (nowadays) more or less well-known that C4 screws do not withstand the wood's movements over time.
The same problem exists with Beijer's own decking screw "Raptor". It is (nowadays) more or less well known that C4 screws do not withstand the movements of the wood over time.
Agree, have the same problem with these screws.....
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