Loose screws

[daggy]

I have a shelf dedicated to loose screws, bolts, nuts and whatever else. I also never throw away any small lengths of steel, you would be surprised how often you need only 30mm of something, why buy 3m when it can just be stored behind the shed.

[ameerat42]

AP is populated by HOARDERS

We're changing its name to HOARDWARE HOUSE

Special offers: old screws, bent nails, pieces of broken cameras...

[Geoff Port]

I have a shelf dedicated to loose screws, bolts, nuts and whatever else. I also never throw away any small lengths of steel, you would be surprised how often you need only 30mm of something, why buy 3m when it can just be stored behind the shed.

Agree with you re the steel Daggie. I save all the short bits. 3 x 900 - 1100 lengths of 25x25x1.6 rhs welded together gives you 3 meters of usable steel. I have now become a container hoarder. I have two milk crates overflowing with “ that will come in handy” medicine bottles, milo tins plastic screw tops plastic bowls etc. So much stuff, so little time.


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[Liney]

I have a shelf dedicated to loose screws, bolts, nuts and whatever else. I also never throw away any small lengths of steel, you would be surprised how often you need only 30mm of something, why buy 3m when it can just be stored behind the shed.

I'm the same with wood, short bits of wood come in handy for supports, padding, even for stirring pots of paint if they are thin enough.

[John King]

I have a shelf dedicated to loose screws, bolts, nuts and whatever else.

I have a head dedicated to those things

[Mark L]

........ and the other preference for tins is baby powder formula, for the really long screw types.
Any other tin will rust, but baby powder tins don't.
My kids are now 18 and 16, .......

........ "and I'm still feeding the baby powder formula to them because you can never have to many tins that don't rust." was what I was expecting to read.

[Geoff Port]

........ "and I'm still feeding the baby powder formula to them because you can never have to many tins that don't rust." was what I was expecting to read.

You need to stop that practice Mark or they’ll never leave .


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[Liney]

I have to plead the forgiveness of the forum, I was cleaning the garage out today and ended up binning a couple of 1 kilo yogurt tubs full of spare screws, nuts and bolts. I kept everything that i could justify keeping but the whole collection was under the attention of the memsahib so I had to cut back on stock to save the good stuff....

[ameerat42]

Did you photograph them first? - If not, present yourself at the
public stocks tomorrow

[Hawthy]

Yep. Guilty.

We are looking to sell our house after 20 years and have been cleaning up and decluttering. The shed attached to the garage is a treasure trove of different sized nails and screws. The problem is that you may need only one or two screws but they come in packets of 50. I have sorted them all into separate plastic drawers and they do come in handy.

We are moving from acreage to a 600 square metre block with no garage. We plan on being there for two years before moving to a house on a larger block down the coast and so have rented a storage shed to store all my accumulated crap plus a nice leather lounge and other furniture. My Gen Y step-daughter can't understand this attitude. Chuck it out and buy new stuff when you move, she says.

She might be right but I can't bring myself to throw stuff out that is perfectly fine.

[Tannin]

Q: What is the difference between "decluttering" and "galactic dark matter"?

A: There is empirical evidence suggesting that the latter is actually a real thing and may even be detectable with a sufficiently powerful telescope.