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Does the ¼” Stainless Steel Tapcon® concrete screw use the same size bit as a standard blue Tapcon® concrete screw when drilling the pilot hole?

April 26, 2017bit BLUE concrete Drilling pilot screw size stainless steel standard tapcon®

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Does the ¼” Stainless Steel Tapcon® concrete screw use the same size bit as a standard blue Tapcon® concrete screw when drilling the pilot hole?

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Yes. All ¼” Tapcons use a 3/16″ bit. The only difference between the stainless steel Tapcons and standard Tapcons is in the material that it is made from and the coatings applied to the screw. The stainless steel is more rust resistant than the standard blue Tapcon® screw.