New Collated Cortex® Plugs Available by FastenMaster for TimberTech’s Composite Decking

FastenMaster’s Cor­tex hid­den fas­ten­ing line, the industry’s most pop­u­lar hid­den deck fas­ten­ing sys­tem, is now avail­able in 12 new col­ors of col­lat­ed Cor­tex Plugs for TimberTech’s com­pos­ite deck boards in their Pre­mier, Reserve and Lega­cy lines. Pre-aligned and col­lat­ed Cor­tex Plugs have shown to be up to 50% faster in inde­pen­dent time stud­ies com­pared to loose plug instal­la­tion for improved job­site pro­duc­tiv­i­ty and time savings.

The new col­lat­ed Cor­tex Plugs for com­pos­ite Tim­berTech boards includes all the full pro­file deck col­ors includ­ing Ash­wood, Espres­so, Mocha, Pecan, Tiger­wood, White­wash Cedar, Antique Leather, Dark Roast, Drift­wood, Reclaimed Chest­nut, Dark Teak and Mar­itime Gray. In addi­tion, all Cor­tex Plugs are made from the same com­pos­ite mate­r­i­al as the deck to cre­ate a 100% per­fect col­or and tex­ture match and is war­rantied for the life of the project. 

“This is an excit­ing addi­tion to the Cor­tex line and rounds out our exten­sive prod­uct offer­ing for TimberTech’s col­lec­tion of com­pos­ite boards,” said John McMa­hon, vice pres­i­dent of Fas­ten­Mas­ter. ​“Cor­tex gives PRO deck builders the per­fect match and per­fect instal­la­tion they need to com­plete their ulti­mate deck­ing projects, all in a frac­tion of the time with our exclu­sive col­lat­ed strips.”

The new col­ors of Cor­tex Plugs are avail­able on col­lat­ed strips in 100 lin­ear feet (LF), and in bulk 300 square foot pack­ages. Each plas­tic water­tight pack­age includes enough fas­ten­ers and plugs to install the req­ui­site lin­ear or square footage of Tim­berTech deck­ing, assum­ing two fas­ten­ers installed 16-inch­es on cen­ter. In addi­tion, each pack­age includes a Cor­tex set tool — two in the 100 LF packs, and six in the 300 sq. ft. packs. 

Cor­tex fas­ten­ers are 2.5‑inches long (64 mm) and fea­ture a TORX® ttap® dri­ve sys­tem for supe­ri­or bit engage­ment and a sta­ble, wob­ble-free instal­la­tion expe­ri­ence. Plugs come with board grain pre-aligned so there’s no need to fum­ble with loose plug alignment.

Estab­lished in 1981, Fas­ten­Mas­ter is a brand of fas­ten­ing solu­tions for pro­fes­sion­al con­trac­tors. Its prod­ucts are engi­neered for struc­tur­al, deck­ing, and trim appli­ca­tions in res­i­den­tial con­struc­tion, and its prod­uct line includes the LOK Line of struc­tur­al wood screws, Tiger Claw Hid­den Deck Clip Sys­tem, Truss­BRACE roof truss sup­port sys­tem, as well as Cor­tex Hid­den Fas­ten­ing Sys­tems for deck and trim applications.