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Smallholding => Buildings & planning => Topic started by: lord flynn on March 02, 2015, 01:04:57 pm

Title: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: lord flynn on March 02, 2015, 01:04:57 pm
as you've always been so helpful in the past :)


I need to fix a wooden aviary panel to brick-whats the best way to do this please?
Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: bloomer on March 02, 2015, 01:16:51 pm
drill wood


use a nail or something through the hole to mark the wall


use a drill with a masonary bit and hammer action to drilla 50mm deep hole in the wall


put a raw plug in the hole


screw through wood into rawplug


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Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: Womble on March 02, 2015, 01:23:48 pm
LF, just to build on what Bloomer said, you may need quite a long screw to accommodate the thickness of the timber and go into a reasonably deep hole in the brick.

Frame Fixings (http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/frame-fixings/cat840068) are designed for exactly that job - fixing window frames into brickwork.

(http://s7g3.scene7.com/is/image/ae235?$p$&layer=0&size=281,281&layer=1&size=281,281&src=ae235/91648_P)
OK, so if you already have suitable screws and rawlplugs they'll work perfectly well. However, if I had to go out and buy bits specifically for this job, these are what I would use.
Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: bloomer on March 02, 2015, 01:25:41 pm
womble speaks wise words


frame fixings are easy to use as you drill the hole then hammer them in easy


i was thinking about what lives in my tool bag...
Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: lord flynn on March 02, 2015, 01:28:22 pm
goodness, quick replies, thank you :) I think we have the latter as we used them to put in some tie rings. or I'll just wait for Bloomer to come back ;)
Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: Victorian Farmer on March 02, 2015, 02:25:45 pm
If its 2 by 2 wall bolt .Just drill and fix no wall plug needed but very strong .
Title: Re: fixing wood onto brick
Post by: YoungRasher on March 02, 2015, 05:23:48 pm
As above. I would always use these for this type of job. Just drill the hole and screw the bolt in, job done.

http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/bolts/cat840086#category=cat6530001 (http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/bolts/cat840086#category=cat6530001)