Can you screw into exterior grade 18mm plywood?

[dog-man]

Having never worked with plywood, (Sheltered life) I need to ask if it
is possible to drive screws into exterior grade plywood 18mm thick?

I want to attach some battens to it, onto which will go pvc cladding.

Would I perhaps be better off nailing the battens onto the plywood?

Steve............

[Mike]

Oh yes screws be fine

Mike C

[d...@gglz.com]

Use Spax or similar - will go straight in with a powered
screwdriver/drill, no predrilling.

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=A332523&ts=73548#

[meow...@care2.com]

dog-man wrote:

either predrill pilot hole or use thin screws. And be sure to use left
handed screws on ply.

NT

[Lobster]

meow...@care2.com wrote:
> And be sure to use left
> handed screws on ply.

Go on then - I'll bite: what's that all about??

David

[Colin Wilson]

> And be sure to use left handed screws on ply.

Eh ? (curious !)

[meow...@care2.com]

Lobster wrote:
> meow...@care2.com wrote:

heh, I didnt think any of us lot would bite. Poor man :(

NT

[Dave Fawthrop]

On 14 Aug 2006 09:52:58 -0700, meow...@care2.com wrote:
|And be sure to use left
|handed screws on ply.

Ha! Ha!
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The message <1155572331.2...@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
from "dog-man" <st...@dog-man.com> contains these words:

> Having never worked with plywood, (Sheltered life) I need to ask if it
> is possible to drive screws into exterior grade plywood 18mm thick?

Yes - but screwing into the edge isn't good - it splits.

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meow...@care2.com wrote:

> either predrill pilot hole or use thin screws. And be sure to use left
> handed screws on ply.

Doh!
You have been using it back to front all these years!

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[Richard A Downing FBCS CITP]

No, no, no. Only ever use left handed screws into the right hand end
grain. If you use left handed screws into the left hand end grain the
glue goes west.

R.

[Shokka]

dog-man wrote:

Use screws..galvanised (Or similar) would be best as they are being
used outside.

shokka

[Shokka]

Richard A Downing FBCS CITP wrote:

> No, no, no. Only ever use left handed screws into the right hand end
> grain. If you use left handed screws into the left hand end grain the
> glue goes west.

Remember to use a magnetised screwdriver bit with the 'n' pole nearest
the screw ('s' pole if u r in the southern hemisphere.

shokka

[The Natural Philosopher]

Either. Its bloody tough stuff.

Wore out three bits on my screwdriver ramming 3" screws THROUGH it
making a shower base..should have drilled pilot holes....

>
> Steve............
>

[The Natural Philosopher]

What the fuck for, you prat?

>
> NT
>

[The Natural Philosopher]

Guy King wrote:
> The message <1155572331.2...@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
> from "dog-man" <st...@dog-man.com> contains these words:
>
>> Having never worked with plywood, (Sheltered life) I need to ask if it
>> is possible to drive screws into exterior grade plywood 18mm thick?
>
> Yes - but screwing into the edge isn't good - it splits.
>

Don't confuse the cat with facts.

It's another Drivel come to haunt us.

Instead of combis, it's lime mortar.

[Dave Fawthrop]

Ha Ha.

[meow...@care2.com]

for humour. I assume you did work that out really. Would b worrying
othewise.

NT

[manat...@hotmail.com]

Alternatively, screw through the ply into the battens. Depends how
thich the battens are.

MBQ