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Using steel fasteners on aluminum soffits

Will steel fasteners (screws) corrode when used with aluminum soffit? Is there a better way to fasten it?

Janet Lyle
Homeowner - Ottawa, Illinois, USA
2005

Use aluminum pop rivets where possible (the tool and a small supply of rivets is probably $10 - $30), and aluminum screws where you need to. You'd be very unhappy with steel both due to rust and incompatibility with aluminum.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2005

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