BOLTING POST INTO WALL

[Barnsey]

I need to put a secure fixture of a 6'x3"x3" post to a wall to hang some wooden driveway gates. Can anyone recommend the best type and size of screw/bolt to use.

[fred]

BOLTING POST INTO WALL

Wanker

[BigWallop]

Can't you use U bolts to secure the gates directly to the wall, instead of using a timber post in between?

If you really need the timber post, then drill through it and use rawl-bolts of the correct length to secure it to the wall.

[Barnsey]

Fred, nice name. I once knew someone called Fred he was also a mixed up tosser that had too much time on his hands.

[Tim Mitchell]

In article , Barnsey writes

I'd just use 4 brown plastic plugs with no10 screws of suitable length, unless the wall is very soft

[Jonathan Pearson]

.......to hang wooden driveway gates???

Jon

[Adrian C]

Steve,

Just looked up your newsgroup postings on Google under your (I assume business - HSBC time to kill?) email address. A lot of the time you don't get much response to reasonable questions when you shout. Anything learned there?

-- Adrian C

[Adrian C]

Adrian C wrote: Anything

Oh flamin' 'ell, I meant learnt...

Right, this computers going off, and I'm off to slaughter the hedge....

-- Adrian C

[Christian McArdle]

I'd use Rawlbolts. Ensure the wall is strong enough for the gates. Many aren't so good at this type of sideways loading and might need some sort of buttressing.

Christian.

[Dark Angel]

I think Fred was objecting to the use of block capitals in your post heading, which I believe was a bone of contention with the other NG members in your preious posts. I believe this is regarded as "shouting" and considered to be bad "nettiquette" (not sure who makes these rules up, but it has been my observation in this and other groups).

Try asking the same question again, but using lower case letters, and I'm sure you'll get a much warmer response!

[manatbandq]

Or had his hands on it too much of the time?

MBQ

[usenet]

Yes, why not? Four no10 screws properly screwed into plugs in a brick wall will hold a lot of weight.

I have a full sized field gate fixed onto a bit of 4"x2" timber screwed onto the corner of our garage wall with (I believe) three

6mm x 100mm screws and it's been there without moving for several years.

[Tim Mitchell]

Yeah, would be fine in a brick wall, unless the gates are immense, but he doesn't say.

If they are 12ft wide or the wall is made of celcon blocks, I would move up to shield anchor bolts.

[chris French]

In message , Barnsey writes

Wall is brick or blockwork presumably?

Either the bolts you can now get that you can screw directly into hole in the brickwork. such as Multi-monti, I've used these and they seem to work well.

This sort of thing:

Alternatively a Rawlbolt type fitting:

[Barnsey]

Thanks for that Simon, i wasn't aware of the upper case "nettiquette" and will know not to do it again. It's a bit of a shame Fred didn't point this out in a more understandable and reasonable manner, he would have got a more constructive response.

[Barnsey]

The walls both sides are quite sound. Someone did mention something they called 'multi monty's', never heard of them myself but they were described as a bolt that screws through the post direct into a hole in the wall without the use of any (expansion) plugs.

[news]

welcome to usenet, it's the way it is.

[Richard Conway]

You're not actually contemplating moving away from the computer and actually *doing* some DIY surely? :)

[fred]

In article , Barnsey writes

The rudeness was reserved for my third try, the other more polite hints from myself and others apparently having fallen on deaf ears.

Posting a subject in capitals makes it stand out from others but if everyone did the same then the group listing would be unreadable so people don't. If you do, it's a bit like walking into a restaurant and shouting CAN I HAVE A SOME SERVICE PLEASE at the top of your voice.

I could have explained it better but could you not see that no-one posts in capitals?

[Steve Firth]

Yes I'd go for the multi-monti bolts, they are excellent and can supprot serious loads. The only thing to watch out for is to drill the holes accurately with exactly the correct size of drill bit. SDS bits are ideal, I've found that standard masonry bits are often slightly too small or too large. Also in soft brick it's necessary to use more bolts because although the bolt has a good grip on the brick, the load can cause it to pull out and take a large chunk of brick with it.