Treated wood fasteners

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I am building a deck. I have been told many things about fasteners.
The deck will be all treated wood( ACQ). Can I use coated deck screws ( green) for all fasteners ? Can I use these for the joist hangers as well ?
I plan on using carage bolts to fasten the hand rail posts, I will not be albe to use a drill in two locations. Can I use lag screws ?

[HayZee518]

stainless or coated deck screws. do not use blued or galvanized - they react with the chemical in the treated wood. yeah lag screws are ok where there isn't too much shearing force.

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Thanks HayZee.
The lags will be gavanized , right ? will they not break down ?
I was talking to a friend last night , he was concerned that the screws holding the joist hangers may not handle the sheer load as well. I would rather use all screws that way I never have to worry about nails pulling out. But if the screws won't take the sheer force, the deck is 8' off the ground. I can't see why the screws wouldn't take the sheer as long as I fill uo all the holes in the hanger, thats eight 3" #8s in each hanger.
Your thoughts pls.

[HayZee518]

3 inch #8s are ok but a little bit overkill. 2 inch would be fine. you heard that term strength comes in numbers? well this applies also to the number of screws used in a joist hanger. the lag bolts have a zinc plated surface - a little bit different than hot dipped galvanized.

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Great, so I am set. I am so glad I found this forum, lots of grat stuff here.
Thanks for your help.

[HayZee518]

yeah, you'll find a lot of usefull info in here. pushkins, hube, hvacwiz, mrcaptainbob are all seasoned professionals. Troy started this forum in 2002. He's a computer whizz from Alabama. I stumbled upon this site one day and kinda liked it and asked troy if I could become a part of it. Now, five years later I'm still here. My mainstay is electrical but I have a vast repertoire of other stuff as well. I'm always doin something or taking things apart to see what makes them tick. Then I go seeking the knowledge to fix them (it)

[pushkins]

You really only need #10 nails (Simpson) in the joist hangers, in fact I think from memory that you may well void any warranty using screws in Simpson joist hangers as apposed to nails.
Now attaching the ledger to the house should NEVER be nailed if your following good building practices (especially at 8' height) Lag screws or ledger lock bolts are the best policy.
You mentioned Lag screws holding the joist hangers ? don't do that !!

Also 3" screws or nails in joist hangers are too long, if the joist hanger is on a ledger and that ledger is attached to the house the 3" screws or nails would most probably go all the way through the ledger board and into your siding material.