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Common Issues with Metal Building Screws
09/28/2020
Avoiding Issues with Metal Building Screws While metal building screws are easy to install in...
How to Prevent Screw Corrosion on Metal Buildings
08/28/2020
Why Screw Corrosion Occurs To prevent screw corrosion, it’s important to understand why...
Understanding and Preventing Fastener Corrosion
08/7/2019
Fastener failures occur when the wrong fasteners are being used for a project, or the right...
Self-Drilling vs. Self-Tapping: What’s the Difference?
07/9/2019
Self-Drilling and Self-Tapping Screws are not the Same Self-tapping and self-drilling screws...
ASTM Designations – Interpreting the Standards
10/8/2018
In other blogs, we discuss the ASTM International, what it is, and how we use them in the...
Impact Tools vs. Screw Guns: What Tool Should I Use for Metal Buildings?
02/1/2018
As technology continues to grow and products evolve, we all look for ways to increase productivity and...
Long Life Fasteners – HARDHATz
12/13/2017
“HARDHATz,” Birmingham Fastener’s premium long life headed screws, combine the protection of our B-Kote...
Timber-Tite Post Frame Screws
11/17/2017
Timber-Tite Screws are coated with our exclusive B-Kote to meet 1,000 hour salt spray testing and to be ACQ...
Flange Head Drill with Washer Information and Size Chart
11/17/2017
These screws are designed for fastening metal wall and roof panels used in metal construction. Flange heads...

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