Where can I get?

[GAM]

Anyone know where you can get Quality Galvanised 4' & 6" nails from?
I put up a load of post and rails two years ago, and I noticed all the nail heads are rusty!

 

[Yale]

Anyone know where you can get Quality Galvanised 4' & 6" nails from?
I put up a load of post and rails two years ago, and I noticed all the nail heads are rusty!

I fenced around the house using best quality Jackson’s Fencing materials and used stainless steel screws on all of it.

Nothing worse than a fence falling apart due to rusty nails.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Anyone know where you can get Quality Galvanised 4' & 6" nails from?
I put up a load of post and rails two years ago, and I noticed all the nail heads are rusty !

You must have too much time on your hands

 

[Philip Watkins]

Don't think I've ever seen a galvanised 6 inch nail. Definitely never seen a 4 foot one.

 

[Paddington]

https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-...rrosion-resistant-6-x-150mm-0-25kg-pack/84952

 

[Cab-over Pete]

Surely it will only be the top of the head where you have hit it with the hammer and chipped the galv off. The rest should be fine.

 

[Goweresque]

Unless you're planning on knocking these nails in a with a rubber hammer, you're going to knock the galvanise off the head hitting it in, as @Cab-over Pete says. The bit of nail that rusts in a post and rail fence is the bit at the point of contact of post and rail - where the moisture gets in and stays.

If you're only using 'treated' timber the whole thing is moot anyway, the posts will rot off inside 5 years, plain nails will last longer than that.

Its got to be one of the biggest scandals going, the whole 'treated' timber market - I drive around seeing these lovely new fences being put up at vast expense and thing 'You'll be picking that lot up off the floor in a few years time'..........

 

[Exfarmer]

Unless you're planning on knocking these nails in a with a rubber hammer, you're going to knock the galvanise off the head hitting it in, as @Cab-over Pete says. The bit of nail that rusts in a post and rail fence is the bit at the point of contact of post and rail - where the moisture gets in and stays.

If you're only using 'treated' timber the whole thing is moot anyway, the posts will rot off inside 5 years, plain nails will last longer than that.

Its got to be one of the biggest scandals going, the whole 'treated' timber market - I drive around seeing these lovely new fences being put up at vast expense and thing 'You'll be picking that lot up off the floor in a few years time'..........

So true!

 

[Paddington]

Unless you're planning on knocking these nails in a with a rubber hammer, you're going to knock the galvanise off the head hitting it in, as @Cab-over Pete says. The bit of nail that rusts in a post and rail fence is the bit at the point of contact of post and rail - where the moisture gets in and stays.

If you're only using 'treated' timber the whole thing is moot anyway, the posts will rot off inside 5 years, plain nails will last longer than that.

Its got to be one of the biggest scandals going, the whole 'treated' timber market - I drive around seeing these lovely new fences being put up at vast expense and thing 'You'll be picking that lot up off the floor in a few years time'..........

+1

 

[Stewartry hill]

James Smith fencing tongland Kirkcudbright mind you that's south West Scotland maybe not handyhe is online!

 

[SilliamWhale]

Unless you're planning on knocking these nails in a with a rubber hammer, you're going to knock the galvanise off the head hitting it in, as @Cab-over Pete says. The bit of nail that rusts in a post and rail fence is the bit at the point of contact of post and rail - where the moisture gets in and stays.

If you're only using 'treated' timber the whole thing is moot anyway, the posts will rot off inside 5 years, plain nails will last longer than that.

Its got to be one of the biggest scandals going, the whole 'treated' timber market - I drive around seeing these lovely new fences being put up at vast expense and thing 'You'll be picking that lot up off the floor in a few years time'..........

I know. Its not actually worth doing any fencing involving timber now - just litters the countryside

 

[Sharpy]

Anyone know where you can get Quality Galvanised 4' & 6" nails from?
I put up a load of post and rails two years ago, and I noticed all the nail heads are rusty!

I got a box of 6" ordered in at my local builders merchants. No problem.

Ps. Nearly certain that the treatment in timber these days is corrosive.

 

[David.]

I seem to remember having been told years ago that when fixing CCA treated space boarding, it was better to use ungalv' nails because of a chemical reaction between the treatment and galv' nails.

 

[TexelBen]

Just go round with a silver Sharpie and colour them in [emoji106][emoji106]

 

[feilding]

Haven't used non galvanized nails for 20 yrs +. Didn't know they still made them not galvanized.
Using 8 inch galv nails for struts on strainer posts now.

 

[michael N123]

Haven't used non galvanized nails for 20 yrs +. Didn't know they still made them not galvanized.
Using 8 inch galv nails for struts on strainer posts now.

You shouldnt have to nail the strut on

 

[joe soapy]

Unless you're planning on knocking these nails in a with a rubber hammer, you're going to knock the galvanise off the head hitting it in, as @Cab-over Pete says. The bit of nail that rusts in a post and rail fence is the bit at the point of contact of post and rail - where the moisture gets in and stays.

If you're only using 'treated' timber the whole thing is moot anyway, the posts will rot off inside 5 years, plain nails will last longer than that.

Its got to be one of the biggest scandals going, the whole 'treated' timber market - I drive around seeing these lovely new fences being put up at vast expense and thing 'You'll be picking that lot up off the floor in a few years time'..........

probably find its the big timber growers have greased a few palms in the right places ti stop the effective treatment, giving them a constantly recurring market for stakes.
Latest thing on RT last night was the scandle of whimpies and leasing, makes the ppi look like small change. they named cameron as a player in this,

 

[spin cycle]

You must have too much time on your hands

my first thought....these days why use nails?....battery drill and deck screws IMO

 

[Northeastfarmer]

my first thought....these days why use nails?....battery drill and deck screws IMO

When I put any post and rail fencing up I’ve never been arsed to check the nail heads later to see if they’ve turned orange

 

[spin cycle]

When I put any post and rail fencing up I’ve never been arsed to check the nail heads later to see if they’ve turned orange

be fair though...we all know you're 'flush' so you use gold nails that of course don't rust