wall anchors

[wrought iron designer]

hi.what are the best type of wall anchors to use for fixing gates and railings

 

[Welderpaul]

Depends what your fixing into?

Throughbolts, resin anchors, coach screws.....

 

[Hitch]

Yeah, be a bit more specific on what the wall is made from...

Resin works for 99% of stuff, but slow and exprensive to use if you dont have too.

 

[wrought iron designer]

it will mainly be brick. but if you could tell me which is best for diffrent types of material that would be great. thanks

 

[Hitch]

Brick, i find either sleve anchors or resin is the best. If going down the resin route, you need to be carfeull not to drill right through, unless you are using the plastic sleeves aswell.

Decent concrete, thrubolts or thunderbolts.

Natural stone, and anything a bit soft, go with the resin.

If its only lightweight fixings required, nylon plugs and decent screws is aokay for just about anything.

 

[pidgeon chit welder]

Hilti do a fantastic chemical anchor and mesh sleeve jobby only use the Hilti chemical & the dispenser tool..

I have tried numerous other chemical fixing solutions but found that nothing came near the Hilti one.

The chemical anchors are not only absorbing glue into the brick work they are a stress free fix ...... So if you are going to hang the gate in a brick pillar you have less chance of splitting the brick work over time.

TIP
Start off with two undersize drills then carefully put in the final correct sized drill to give you a clean unbroken hole in the brick work.
You will need to be able to blow the dust out the hole .

They are temperature dependent for settting so if you use them read the info or you might come unstuck , leave them in place unloaded for the whole setting period plus a few hours.

 

[Hitch]

Putting the tubes on the dash of the van in cold weather helps a lot, reduces setting time.