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Why can using the wrong screw size become a structural problem?

Fasteners are not interchangeable. Use the screw/bolt size called out by the foreman, shop standard, manufacturer, or approved detail for the load.

['The journeyman requests a box of heavy 10 hex-head structural screws to anchor a heavy VAV box bracket. You grab a random box of short, lightweight 6 pan-head drywall screws from the gang-box instead.', 'Fasteners are not interchangeable. Use the screw/bolt size called out by the foreman, shop standard, manufacturer, or approved detail for the load. The likely recovery is to check the condition, correct prep/setup if it is within your assignment, and bring the foreman clean information before the work creates rework overhead.']

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