Warning for Byggmax screws!

[MagHam]

Oh. Then someone from BMax has read this thread
Usually, 1st line support is just trained to keep all questions away with some standard responses followed by: "hope you are satisfied and have a nice day."
Applies to most companies...

 

[Myhran]

As mentioned, stainless screws are more sensitive, especially if you use them in Lärk or similar noble wood where there is usually a requirement for stainless. For regular decking (pressure-treated pine), they usually recommend treated screws such as Corrseal from Essve or equivalent. Plus, you should always be aware to adjust the torque depending on how hard the impact is on the first screws you drive.

screwed regular 45 joists
will, however, take my 5.2 next time

 

[jonatanwahlberg]

Been a carpenter for 25 years...

Just a quick question?
Feels like you’re using Cembrit boards due to moisture-sensitive environments?
If so, you shouldn’t use that screw at all, yellow chromate?? Switch to the correct class, length, and screw for metal framing...

Regarding anchor screws, I haven't broken one in many years unless I hit a knot. I install thousands each year.
Always use professional screws like VSB.
This is just a little tip, you get what you pay for...
Better to spend a few extra bucks per box to avoid having to go back and forth or, even worse, the construction collapsing.

Just a thought.......................

 

[sergeant]

Been a carpenter for 25 years...

Just a quick question?
Feels like you're using Cembrit boards due to a moisture-sensitive environment?
If so, you shouldn't use that screw at all, yellow chrome?? Switch to the correct class, length, and screw for metal stud...

Regarding anchor screws, I haven't broken any for many years unless I hit a knot, screwing in thousands per year.
Always use pro-grade screws like VSB.
This is just a little tip, you get what you pay for...
Better to spend a few extra bucks per box so you don't have to go back and forth or, even worse, the construction collapses.

Just a thought.......................

I can only agree. VSB has good screws and especially the anchor screws are very robust. I screwed in over 1000 when I built the deck and not a single one broke or has broken. Much sturdier at the neck than, for example, byggmax. I possibly think the A4 decking screws are a bit too brittle (too hard tempered).
Byggmax all-round wood screws in C4, however, as noted, are very good.

 

[Bjor]

To add:
Do not buy anchor screws from Biltema!

I have used these to secure the rafters on our garage, and at least half of the screws have "lost" their heads and are thus useless.
I fear the day when a new Gudrun or Gorm comes, as the garage roof might well fly away

They are useless, I've tested them too. But the wood screws they have at Biltema are among the better ones.

 

[zingo]

Byggmax is as usual, not worth the trouble.
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Maybe a bit unnecessary to exaggerate, perhaps? I have built three buildings from scratch with 80-90% lumber and materials from Byggmax and never had any problems at all. In my opinion, Sweden's best chain ever. Their comparatively tiny stores almost always have everything you need when you need it. And no, I don't work at Byggmax...

 

[Alfredo]

I don't work at Byggmax...

and it has sometimes felt like no one else does either when having to wait fifteen minutes for an employee to come to the register...

 

[zingo]

and it has felt the same for others as well sometimes when you've had to wait a quarter of an hour for an employee to come to the register...

It has happened to me twice in 10 years with five to ten visits a week. It can depend on which store you shop in, what time of day, and what time of year. I can't say that there is more available staff in the other hardware stores. And there, you have to walk fifteen minutes just to get from one department to another.

 

[Alfredo]

Can't say that there is more available staff in the other hardware stores.

Byggmax is probably the only store of all categories where I have several times had to wait for someone to come and serve the exit checkout.

 

[zingo]

Byggmax is probably the only store in all categories where I've had to wait several times for someone to come and serve at the checkout.

That's how it is sometimes, and it's a pity for the staff who have to run back and forth. But I think it has worked well. And just avoiding wandering around in 100-meter-long aisles to find things that BM has five meters from the checkout makes up for the wait you sometimes experience there. Ten visits to Byggmax, one to Hornbach, and one to Bauhaus. Those proportions have worked for me for years.

 

[Dan_Johansson]

Byggmax is probably the only store in all categories where I have had to wait several times for someone to come and serve the checkout.

First, you have to wait at the barrier before they measure and count everything you've picked up "outside" ..

 

[Papphammar666]

To fuel the general debate: Have bought anchor screws at byggmax where the Torx fitting had incorrect dimensions, couldn't fit a T25 bit, and a T20 was too small.

What to do? One thing that everyone here who has experienced any deficiency should do is to file a complaint. And also demand compensation for other costs incurred. Something you are entitled to according to consumer purchase law. Other costs can include, for example, travel expenses. Compensation for damaged materials, etc.

It certainly shouldn't pay off to sell junk, which it obviously does today

Surely everyone has a T23 in their bit set

 

[TBygg]

I think the problem is that Byggmax is selling a screw intended for the product category but not this specific product dimension. If the image shows a 28 mm screw, it should be Byggmax fibercementskiva 6mm. I believe that it is the completely wrong screw for that thickness. I would assume that they are thinking of chipboard, OSB, plywood, fibercement 9-15.

 

[bordsskiva]

Unfortunately, I have to issue a warning for the screws that Byggmax recommends and sells for Cembrit Multiforce boards. The screws do not work on metal studs, even though they are recommended for this by Byggmax.

The thread is simply too short, and the entire thread goes through the metal stud before the board is fastened to the stud. Terribly bad and clumsy of Byggmax to sell such "junk." And this despite the fact that Cembrit themselves offer customized screws in the same price range as Byggmax's incorrect lousy screws. (At least the price of the Cembrit screws at Beijerbygg is in the same price range...)

They also claim it is self-drilling, which it is not.

Byggmax is, as usual, not worth the trouble.

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Then I take the opportunity to warn about Byggmax hot-dip galvanized threaded rods and hot-dip galvanized nuts! Pure rubbish!
Attached fence posts to cast-in post irons last summer but had to buy new material from a real company that sells online. The durability was terrible, couldn't tighten the nuts, and the threads kept breaking, or lost pre-tension. Tried to save it with double nuts per side but it was futile.
Complained in the store but the staff didn't understand any technical talk at all. Had to replace materials for 20m of fence! The real screws (which also had a described material specification) could be tightened as needed. Lost 3-400 SEK and about 15 hours on this.
A lot of work

 

[useless]

The rods they sell that have a strength rating are only class 4.6. Those without a specified class are probably worse. Swedol, for example, sells rods in class 8.8.