Hi,
I have a caravan which im repairing. In one section of 18 mm plywood there is a fixing in the wood (the same thickness )which has a hollow section which is threaded to take a bolt, from either side.
It looks like the bolt bit has been attatched in the wood so that it cant spin ( grippers on the outer surface ) and this leaves the threaded middle to accept a fixing.
Any idea what such a fixing is called ?
Thanks
Furniture nut ?
Tee nut. Any decent hardware shop. Screwfix or Isaac Lord otherwise.
There are also "threaded inserts". These have a fine machine thread on the inside and a coarse woodscrew thread on the outside. They're a bit more demanding of the quality of timber you screw them into (plywood or MDF are OK, chipboard isn't). They have the advantage that you can insert them from the front as well, not just the back.
Even B&Q for the common metric threads.
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