Pressure treated picket attachment
I have built a deck using all treated material and have attached the 2×2 pickets with one screw at the top and one screw at the bottom into 2×4’s. A few pickets have noticably warped and I was told that if I used two screws on the top and two on the bottom, this would not happen. Because it passed city inspection, I feel that this is a matter of preference rather than necessity. Anyone have experience with two vs. four screws? [email protected]
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My opinion would be that
whomever told you that was hopefully pulling your leg. There's no way two more screws are going to keep a wet 2x2 treated picket from twisting, bending, warping. There's a better chance it would cause splits.
I'm talking it to mean you screwed through the 2x2 face (flat) into the 2x4.
Were they pretty dry when installed?