Physics Questions: When boarding up your house to thwart a zombie attack

[EarthwormJim]

You're better off with screws. Screws can be removed, so you can at least get out of your house when the hoard dies off from starvation.

Plus screws are stronger than nails.

 

[Sea Moose]

use mdf and make sub woofer boxes and buy 50 12inch subwoofers and amps. PLay some deep bass music and make sure you have the sub woofers facing out.

Zombies hate low frequency sound, everyone knows this?

And.... If you cant beat em, join em!!! Then you can partake in the sexy zombie after party and have zombie hookers and zombie blow. Your dick might fall off cause of the flesh rot though.....

 

[dawp]

its best to drill pilot holes. nails grip better as it doesn't split the wood to make the hole, and as the wood dries it contracts all around the nail

also if if you tap the point a couple of times to dull it, the nail punches through instead of splitting the fiber of the wood. this is less likely to split the wood and provide better grip, also use ring shank nails for the same reason, better grip.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Zombies hate low frequency sound, everyone knows this?

I don't think there is any evidence to support your claim.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Save the nails and hammering for the zombie's heads. Create a serious choke point where you can easily sit there and slaughter them. You want to conserve energy. If you do it right you can rid the immediate area of zombies, allowing you a temporary safe zone so you can plan what to do next. And of course always have a zombie-proof escape route. You do not want to box yourself in, you'll just starve and get surrounded, leaving you a slow painful death while you go insane.

Actually I like this idea, set them up so they stampede, cornered right into a wood chipper, and the remains lands into a big incinerator which is then burned to generate electricity and heat for the house, as depending on how bad the attack is, there may not be power service. Green energy!

 

[aigomorla]

i would think 45 degree's horizontal and not vertical.

And have the points either face each other or away from each other.

If you did straight they could push it straight and off.
If you did it in a vertical 45, they could the same either step or lift it off.
You would have a set motion path in which the nails could come out.

But if you did 45 in a horizontal and had the tips face each other or are away from each other, its gonna be pretty darn hard to pull that thing off because there is no range of motion it can go.

End of serious mode.

Now sarcasm mode... dont board up the house, weld it with iron bars.
That way u have gaps to shoot them from, and they cant pull it off.

Don't board up your house, that's the #1 rule.

I wouldn't board up my house. I'd just go full auto on the zombie horde. :awe:

LOL

Sorry wont work, I have enough hours in L4D and CoD5 to show ya, that's a quick way to say goodbye to your life.