Shed build question

[jamesd]

I am in the process of building a new garden shed and have built a dwarf wall and now want to use some oak posts I have milled to use as uprights but i'm not sure how to attach them or the frame work to the wall.

So thought i'd post o here to see if anyone had any words of wisdom!

 

Cheers!

[Graham w]

use an m8 thunderbolt. put them a good three inch in the stone

[bobh]

Threaded bar fixed with chemical anchor

[Agi-Smash]

Grip fill, pink grip, no more nails, its all good

[farmer rod]

If you have a timber running along the wall, then put DPC under the timber and hammerfix screws right through. (Screws with a plastic plug that grips if you drill right through the wood and then into the masonry, similar ones are used on door frames)

 

If it just the posts sitting on the wall, then install M20 stud to locate the post in the correct position, drill up the post 25mm, dpc or a bit of lead will help the wood last longer.

[agg221]

Are you going to use a sole plate? If so, rest that on top all round and fix the uprights to it using peg joints, coach screws (stainless) or any other fitting of your choice. Gravity will hold it all in place.

 

Alec

[jamesd]

Are you going to use a sole plate? If so, rest that on top all round and fix the uprights to it using peg joints, coach screws (stainless) or any other fitting of your choice. Gravity will hold it all in place.

 

Alec

 

I plan on using a sole plate just not directly under the oak posts at the corners as otherwise from the front you will be able to see the actual sole plate which won't look right. (If you see what i mean!)

[jamesd]

Threaded bar fixed with chemical anchor

 

Chemical anchor?

[bobh]

Chemical anchor?

 

Basically a 2 part glue. Think araldite on steroids.

Lots of different types around,most come in a tube like silicon and mix themselves as you squirt them out. Just drill a hole, blow out the dust,inject the dunk and and push in the fixing of your choice.

I use threaded bar most of the time as you can just cut the right length to go through your post and them into the stone/block/brick, a lot easier than trying to find a fixing the right length to go through a 6" post and then I to the wall.

Lots on tool station, I generally use the cheapest but then I'm a cheapskate😁

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Screws+Fixings/Chemical+Fixings/d90/sd1960

 

Oh BTW once you've used a nozzle once and its set in the nozzle then you have to throw it away so best to get some spares and try and prepare all the holes before you start injecting.

[farmer rod]

Chemical anchor?

 

thats resin bolt to some, you can get glass tubes of resin, pop them in followed by stud, wait 10 mins and tighten, or get the tube of two part resin which mixes in the spout and wind in a bit of studding