Fixing wood to brick

[Frederick Williams]

I need to attach a fence post to a brick wall. I could use screws but I wonder if there is a an adhesive which would do the job.

[SantaUK]

What size of post? Would normally just use masonary fixings, far easier and less messy. Hammer into place and unscrew when it rots!

[spamlet]

Don't be silly: use screws or bolts: much easier; not affected by expansion/wet/dry; not messy; easy to remove.

S

[sm_jamieson]

Sort of using adhesive: Resin studs fixed in the wall and bolt the post to that. There's bound to be some high strength specialist glue that would do the job, but a mechanical fixing is easier and more reliable. Simon.

[Housemartin]

Yes masonary fixings are the way to go, just use a masonary drill bit (SDS is best) and drill straight through the post into the wall, then without moving the post,screw straight through post into wall, no need for plastic plugs. Brand names include Multi Monti and Star Fix frame fixings ( the latter of which I use all the time)

[The Natural Philosopher]

Car body filler.

[Steve Walker]

Yep, that's the way. If you're really, really serious about the post never moving again then you could squirt some resin on the back of it. But to be honest that's a rotten trick to play on the poor sod who has to replace it a decade or two later.

[NT]

One of the problems with glue is that, even if it miraculously works, it only takes surface degradation for it to drop off. Use screws or studs in resin.

NT

[Gib Bogle]

I used a polyurethane for exactly this purpose.

[Gib Bogle]

I should point out that in my case there is a solidly concreted post about 1.5 m away, so there's no significant load on the end post.

[Frederick Williams]

With Star Fix do you have to drill the masonry or just the wood? I.e. does the screw drill its own hole?

[The Medway Handyman]

You drill both. The advantage is you drill through both, insert the multi Monti/Star Fix/Thunderbolt & tighten up - then do the next one. No need to remove the post to put in a plug.

[Frederick Williams]

Since I couldn't find Star Fix in the local B&Q I settled for Molly (is that the name of the device or the manufacturer?) and it's similar: drill post and brick, insert thing and tighten.

The post is 3.5" square, Molly is 150mm long, and I am going to erect a

6' by 6' fence panel; so I hope it will stay up in the wind.

[sm_jamieson]

If you want more depth in the wall, you can drill a clearance hole with a spade bit into the wood so the end of the bolt that you tighten is set into the timber. Simon.