Wood screws = "two inch fours"?

JP_ · 30 Sep 2012

Building a shed with the help of a local handyman who is coming next week. He said to get some "2 inch fours", at least, that is what I think he said.

What are they? I have looked at various DIY websites and cannot see anything that sounds like them!

paul_v · 30 Sep 2012

two inch 4's would convert to 3 x 50 mm in metric but you can't get screws 50mm long that are only 3mm thick they would have to be 4mm thick but ideally 4.5

what are the screws for exactly

surely if your employing a handyman to builld you a shed he should have his own screws

cajar · 30 Sep 2012

Maybe he was asking for 2 by 4 inch planks of wood?

PeakOakFrames · 30 Sep 2012

He may be mixing his metric and imperial sizings up. If he meant a 4mm x 50mm this would equate to a 2 inch #8 or a "two inch eight". Best give him a call to see what he means.

JP_ · 30 Sep 2012

Cheers.

It's a wooden shed. Pre-made, just need to screw it together. He did say that he will bring screws, but I am paying him by the hour and acting as the 2nd pair of hands, so I guess it is only fair to keep his costs down.

The 50mm, 4m ones look ideal for the job to me! Ta.

noseall · 30 Sep 2012

Agree with POF he seems to have a confusion of metric and imperial sizes.

50mm #4's seems more likely.

If the shed carcass is likely to be 47mm timber then you are going to need 75mm screws in any case.

JP_ · 30 Sep 2012

Well, it came with a bag of nails, and none of the nails are 75 mm.
The longest are 6cm.

I will check with him!

ladylola · 30 Sep 2012

PeakOakFrames said:
He may be mixing his metric and imperial sizings up. If he meant a 4mm x 50mm this would equate to a 2 inch #8 or a "two inch eight".

I must admit this is what I tend to do and refer to screws in the old imperial sizes. To me at least, an "eight" is easier to visulise than a "4mm".
Going off a bit but I used to work with an old chippy who would always say that 8's weren't proper screws .
"Only electrians use 8's " he would say , "joiners use 10's and 12's

Harbourwoodwork · 30 Sep 2012

jonbey said:
Cheers.

It's a wooden shed. Pre-made, just need to screw it together. He did say that he will bring screws, but I am paying him by the hour and acting as the 2nd pair of hands, so I guess it is only fair to keep his costs down.

The 50mm, 4m ones look ideal for the job to me! Ta.

for what ?

big-all · 30 Sep 2012

ladylola said:
Going off a bit but I used to work with an old chippy who would always say that 8's weren't proper screws .
"Only electrians use 8's " he would say , "joiners use 10's and 12's

thats interesting because lots off window and door furniture uses no7 screws

ladylola · 30 Sep 2012

Good point big lad, although to be fair the old boy I worked with was close to retiring in the early 80's when I was straight out of school so he was probably talking of some of the older furnature and he may have had a point, I've seen the old cast hinges taking larger than a 7. The largest I've come across was a 16 guage screw in a pretty big cast hinge

dhutch · 1 Oct 2012

Ive just done a weeks 'holiday' working on a Husky farm in northen Finland and it was vert satisfying to see ALL of the screws qwhere metric, and almost all torx head, typically with a 'free' driver bit in every box. Prices where reasonable, no metric/imperial confusion, jobs a fish!

Daniel

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