What About Drywall Screws?<\/strong><\/h2>\nDrywall screws are a type of screw that you really want to stay away from when installing subflooring. I know I keep saying to use screws for installing subfloors but make sure to not use these screws in particular. As the name suggests, drywall screws are supposed to be used when installing drywall.<\/p>\n
Drywall is not nearly as thick or tough as plywood, so the screws are not made to be as long or as strong. They are made to be used with drywall, not with plywood. And they work very well with the drywall.<\/p>\n
But they are just not anywhere near as strong as steel and galvanized screws. Meaning they are not strong enough to be used for subflooring. They can move around and warp easily when under too much pressure. This is why they are great for walls.<\/p>\n
But floors tend to have quite a bit of pressure on them, with furniture and people walking on them. This makes drywall screws a really bad type of screw to use when installing your subflooring. These screws will need to be replaced quickly if they even hold up for any amount of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Whether you are remodeling, replacing, or re-securing the floors of your home or your property, something that you will quickly encounter is the subflooring. When you get to the subflooring, you will then soon be encountering everything that comes along with the subfloors. One of those things is picking the right tools to use for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Subfloor Screws: How to Choose the Right Ones - Two Make a Home<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n