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The "Home Repair" series has been postponed until March 2019.
There are a gazillion types of nails, screws, nut and bolts out there, so how do you know where to begin? In this class in BARN's Home Repair series, you will learn to decode features of various fasteners so you can select the best type for your project.
You will learn the advantages and disadvantages of using nails, screws, or bolts with nuts. You will also learn when it's fine to use whatever fasteners you have on hand and when you need specific ones — for example: why you should never try to hang kitchen cabinets using drywall screws. You will learn when stainless steel, brass or galvanized fasteners are worth their extra cost, and why nuts and lock washers may be the best solution when you absolutely don’t want something to come undone.
You will learn the differences between wood, machine, sheet metal and drywall screws, and the advantages of different drives: slotted head, Phillips head, hex head, square drive. We will have lots of different nails and screws available for you to test drive and practice with in the class. You will receive a list of the most common screws and nails, the types of heads, and common drives.
Details:
- Open to beginners.
- You can sign up for each Home Repair class or just the ones that interest you or suit your schedule. It is not necessary to take the classes in any particular order.
- A $10 materials fee, to cover shop supplies and materials for the class, will be added to the class fee when you register and pay.
Instructors: Denise Baker-Kircher, assisted by Jeanne Huber.
Denise put herself through college by running her own remodeling business in Chicago in the 1970s. While working a full-time job, she worked with Seattle Habitat for Humanity for several years as part of the volunteer crew, then on the electrical team, and finally as head of the speaker’s bureau. Denise has gutted, remodeled, completely rewired, insulated, drywalled and finished two of her previous homes in the Seattle area. She is currently a BARN woodshop monitor and is happily designing and building new cabinetry for the home she shares with her husband, Dave, on Bainbridge Island.
Jeanne visited screw and nail factories while researching a poster on screws and nails as a senior editor at This Old House magazine. She, too, is a BARN woodshop monitor.
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Short-sleeve or tight-cuff tops and close-toe comfortable shoes are required. No jewelry other than "button-type" earrings for women is allowed, so no rings, bracelets, necklaces. Long hair must be tied back.
