Southern Charm
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- New Jersey
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- Service Technician
What is your preferred way to fasten wood to masonry? For example setting panels in basements. Anyone use the Ramset cobra??
Preferred method of fastening to masonry
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Seven-Delta-FortyOne
Goin’ Down In Flames........
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- Humboldt
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- EC and GC
TapCons are my standard go-to.
Here in California, everything is solidly grouted, so we have a lot of options. Wedge anchors, pin anchors, TapCons, etc.
I don’t know what I would do if I had to anchor to hollow block. Completely foreign concept to me. Prolly still try a TapCon
Here in California, everything is solidly grouted, so we have a lot of options. Wedge anchors, pin anchors, TapCons, etc.
I don’t know what I would do if I had to anchor to hollow block. Completely foreign concept to me. Prolly still try a TapCon
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
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- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
My preference would be a machine screw anchor set with a hollow wall setting tool. With the hollow wall setting tool, it doesn't matter if you are putting the anchor in a web, or in the hollow part of the block.
letgomywago
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- Washington state and Oregon coast
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- residential electrician
What I like doing in basements for furring out either building a standard wall only 1 stud bay wide so bottom and top plate screwed to floor and joists with standard 2by4 framing with and 1 1/2 inch gap from the wall.
electrofelon
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- Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
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- Electrician
I usually try tapcons first, but if the material is too hard or too soft, you may have to fiddle with the length, or use something else all together.
We call them AJs in my part of the country.
Once you buy/steal the tool the anchors are dirt cheap!
letgomywago
Senior Member
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- Washington state and Oregon coast
- Occupation
- residential electrician
Downside is if they finish the area and need r21 insulation
Rick 0920
Senior Member
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- Jacksonville, FL
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- Electrical Instructor
Concrete - Tapcons or drop-in anchors
Cinder block - Hollow wall lead anchors (expensive set tool but worth it)
Sheetrock - 1/4" toggle bolts
Wood - #10 x 1 1/2" pan head screws
Cinder block - Hollow wall lead anchors (expensive set tool but worth it)
Sheetrock - 1/4" toggle bolts
Wood - #10 x 1 1/2" pan head screws
Frank DuVal
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- Electrical Contractor, Electrical Engineer
New construction around here basement walls are insulated, so I build the two stud section mentioned above with some OSB (also the preferred sheet goods around here...) on the face. Gives room for surface mount panel and wire stapling. Now, if I know that wall will be finished, then I flush mount with no OSB.
On old work no insulation, I use tapcons to mount either 1. the box or 2. the sheet goods to mount the box upon. If water noticed, then space sheet goods off wall so I use other anchors.
On old work no insulation, I use tapcons to mount either 1. the box or 2. the sheet goods to mount the box upon. If water noticed, then space sheet goods off wall so I use other anchors.
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- Illinois
- Occupation
- retired electrician
Yes, AJs, for the name of one of the original manufacturers of the machine screw lead anchors (not sure if they are lead any more)
Ackerman Johnson
They still taste like lead
Many moons ago (1980-ish), in my plant Engineering days, our shop guys always called them “Ackermans”. I now finally know where that came from!
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
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- Henrico County, VA
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- Electrical Contractor
I guess it's better than calling them Johnsons. Think of the sentences you could make up.
PaulMmn
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- Union, KY, USA
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- EIT - Engineer in Training, Lafayette College
Attach 1x3 running boards to the block walls with .22 caliber nails, then screw mount conduit to the running boards.
PaulMmn
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- Union, KY, USA
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- EIT - Engineer in Training, Lafayette College
"Oh, yah doesn't has to call me Johnson. My name's Raymond J Johnson Junior. Now you can call me Ray....."
Classic!
electrofelon
Senior Member
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- Cherry Valley NY, Seattle, WA
- Occupation
- Electrician
Charles Ackerman, boy that name takes me back. Used to hang out with him and Robert Bosch back in the day. He was buddies with Werner Von Siemens but they had a falling out at some point, I think it was over something Joseph Eaton said.
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