Quick Tip: How To Remove Cortex Plugs & Screws || Dr Decks
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- Опубликовано: 10 дек 2020
- You ever mess up on your Cortexing? Need to pull a board? The Doc shows you how to remove them easily.
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Dude, thanks for getting straight to it and doing it a couple of times. Perfect for helping me not go crazy trying to solve this problem.
Jason is a master and super helpful
Love this video! Simple straight to the point!
Thank you very much Dr. Decks!
Thanks for this one Dr. Decks
Oh my gosh! This process really, really worked. Saved me! Thanks so much!!!
Thank you
Thanks for the video- I have to pull up a deck board or two to install a block onto my framing to keep raccoons out from under the deck (their access is in a corner of a bay window). I should be able to use the same deck boards, and simply replace the CorTex screws, right? The boards won't be loose? I used Wolf solid PVC, similar to Azek.
You and I spoke a couple of years ago- I retired from Camo (National Nail) at the end of 2021 after 20 years. I still enjoy watching your videos.
Thanks buddy
Thanks for this. In the wood beam underneath, is there any damage in the threaded holes where the screws are being removed from? When you reinsert the trex wood, do you just redrill the screws back from where they came out from? I’m just curious if the threaded grooves in both the trex and wood beam underneath get worn out from repetitive insertion and removal of the screws. Thanks!
Do you have a trick for a reverse thread composite deck screw that wont fully seat? I have a few screws that arent countersinking fully and the head is a few millimeters above the board. When i try and drive them forward or reverse, they just spin. I believe they arent getting a great bite in the block below the board, but i dont want to cause damage by just spinning them.
Thanks!
What are the best hidden deck clips? Metal with stainless steel screws or plastic with stainless steel screws?
Sorry if I missed it. What bit are you using to remove the screws? Thanks
Number 1 Squared drive bit works on the square drive screws
Help! I have a stuck screw in a board with the head sticking out a bit. The problem I have is the hole in the joist beneath it is stripped, so the screw just spins freely. How do I get it out so that I can plug that hole and add a screw somewhere else? Thanks in advance!
Thanks! Works great. My mistake -- put too much pressure on plug. Go slowly only to the point it starts coming out, otherwise, you'll drive the wood screw into the top of the deck screw and ruin/strip the head :O. And like he said with the actual deck screw, go slowly, but I used high tork and pushed the weight of my body into it while unscrewing... my wife stood on the board for added pressure. For the deck screws that were stripped, I just used a pry bar with a little muscle.
I'm driving these screws into some pressure treated lumber but they don't go down all the way so it doesn't leave enough room for the plugs to fit flush. The screw just spins... Any ideas why?
If the head is stripped, how do you get the screws out? Redoing a deck and 6 out of 8 screw heads are stripped. I think the installer over torqued them down.
Make sure the heads are not dirty as the dirt will keep that tiny fraction of the bit from seating. That’s what I found out. Once I dug the heads out clean they started coming out.
Dang...I wished I watched this earlier...how do I cut a hole in the Trex deck board?
If this fails, you can always drill it in with a 3/8" bit and create enough depth for the plug.
I found that u may think the heads are stripped but the screw may be full of dirt/debris keeping the bit from getting inserted fully. Take a screw tip and dig around the screw head a bit then try to remove… but put all of your weight against the drill to ensure the bit is fully seated. Of course, this would be for deck screws that have been exposed for a while (not plugged).
Cortex work when they want to work. I have lots of problems when they don't properly set below the decking.
I'm having this problem with every second screw not sinking far enough, then not being able to get them out.
This will happen if you do not pre drill, especially in end grain. The end grain will strip out. You have to remove the board, drill out the framing underneath and plug the bad holes with wood dowel rod. Or I block with 2x6 pieces just inside the end grain boards (usually on stair treads you will encounter this).
How do you replace the cortex screws? Can you use the same holes?
No, have to use a new hole. Put a plug in it, and start again. Best to predrill all your holes.
I’ve reused them - if the hole is stripped, try getting a longer screw. Or, I’ve used wood dowels and drilled them out, then cut the dowel to the depth you drilled, put wood glue on the dowel and insert. Use a drift tool to tap the dowel into the hole fully. Let dry and then screw your deck screw in.
Every second screw I put in won't sink far enough down, then won't come back out. UPdate: If the solid boards you are using are cold, the screw will not sink in, and will strip the wood, so you can get it in, or out. The manufacturer said to predill all your holes, even if you use the bit with the clutch on it. If you strip the screw and can't get it out, you have to pull the board off and remove the screw from the bottom. Do it carefully otherwise the boards just snap. Quality products folks.🤨