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rivets why?

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April 25, 2017 at 1:10 a.m.

same

Why are rivets used to fasten gable rakes, sidewall flashing, and ridge caps? Would not self tapping screws be easier?

April 30, 2017 at 11:16 a.m.

egg

This is the type of discussion that could get seriously technical and over my head in a hurry. I guess the consideration would be shear vs. pullout with a little aesthetics thrown in. Rivets are neat and clean looking. They'd have more clamping strength than a screw if the screw was only bearing down on a neoprene gasket without splitting the gasket. Rivets wouldn't "walk" out per se, but I know that shear forces work on them and over time they can get deformed and lose their clamping strength. There's not a whole lot of flange on a rivet. Would also depend on the rivet. Then again, when I'm looking out over an airplane wing in a jet liner, I can't recall ever seeing the pieces fastened together with screws. Then again again rivets don't normally attach anything to a substrate. I have sometimes attached flat sheet to a substrate and then riveted to that.

April 29, 2017 at 7:32 p.m.

Lefty1

Rivets stay where they are put.

Screws will move.

April 26, 2017 at 11:20 p.m.

egg

Stainless steel ring shank air nails would be really easy.

(I guess people aren't ready to have a riveting discussion about this.)


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