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Screw vertical or horizontal, which do you like?

Discussion in 'Garage / Workshop' started by RyanL, Dec 9, 2020.

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Which way should the screws go?

  1. Vertical

    61 vote(s)
    46.2%

  2. Horizontal

    36 vote(s)
    27.3%

  3. ppl care about this??

    35 vote(s)
    26.5%
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  1. Dec 9, 2020 at 8:44 AM
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    RyanL

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    Hot debate around the house lately with the new light switches. Would love to see what everyone thinks.

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    RyanL, Dec 9, 2020
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  2. Dec 9, 2020 at 8:58 AM
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    What kinda psychopath goes horizontal :alien:
     
    Martyinco, Dec 9, 2020
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  3. Dec 9, 2020 at 8:59 AM
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    GarlicFarts

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    I don't care about the direction, but I do care that they are uniform. Apparently, I am the psycho.
     
    GarlicFarts, Dec 9, 2020
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  4. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:02 AM
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    I was that psycho but the electrician that did my house has every single screw vertical. Who am I to break that streak with some of the things I've done since?
     
    Fargo Taco, Dec 9, 2020
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  5. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:04 AM
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    All of the above

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    81shark, Dec 9, 2020
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  6. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:05 AM
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    I want Torx plate screws so it won't mater or complete OCD meltdown
     
    CraigF, Dec 9, 2020
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  7. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:07 AM
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    If that kind of thing bothers you, you'll want to update all of your covers to screwless.

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    Rock Lobster, Dec 9, 2020
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  8. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:07 AM
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    I like my screws snug.

    Where the slot ends up.....doesn't matter to me.
     
    Knute, Dec 9, 2020
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  9. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:08 AM
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    Previous owner of my house over tightened all the switch covers in the house, so they all bow inwards... drives me crazy. Too lazy to replace them all lol
     
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  10. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:09 AM
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    Gearheadesw

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    Gearheadesw must modify

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    Plumber by trade, vertical. Then water doesn’t get in there and rust.






    In your house.......
     
    Gearheadesw, Dec 9, 2020
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  11. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:10 AM
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    Vertical. Was never ocd about it until I met my wife, whose dad is a foreman for a commercial electric contractor.
     
    MikefromCT, Dec 9, 2020
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  12. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:10 AM
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    horizontal but only if you put the switch in sideways too
     
    OZ-T, Dec 9, 2020
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    Horizontal isn't even an option... in fact they should add vertical to the code requirements :rofl:
     
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  14. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:18 AM
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    horizontal all day.
     
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  15. Dec 9, 2020 at 9:24 AM
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    I won't check my cover plate screws when I get home....I won't check my cover plate screws when I get home....

     
    Rock Lobster, Dec 9, 2020
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    Vertical all day long. It’s the little details that make it look professional.
    Being a residential electrician that is my biggest pet peeve seeing a horizontal screw or mismatched screws
     
    Fohu, Dec 9, 2020
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  17. Dec 9, 2020 at 10:42 AM
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    This thread may go on longer than expected
    :popcorn:
     
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  18. Dec 9, 2020 at 10:46 AM
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    wilcam47 Keep on keeping on!

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    I never used to care...now if i take it off they go vertical

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  19. Dec 9, 2020 at 11:08 AM
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    Horizontal... OBVIOUSLY!! OCD & Symmetry people... you're staring right at it. :annoyed:

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  20. Dec 9, 2020 at 11:11 AM
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    Why is this even a question?
    Vertical all day, everyday.
     
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