[TheForge] Plate fixing methods

[Larry Brown]

You can use a coupling nut on the end of a stud to give you screw threads 
in the wall. Coupling nuts are used a lot in hanging plumbing pipes to 
connect the rods for length. I would locktite red the nut to a stud or 
piece of threaded rod. Then put resin in hole and insert threads first till 
hole is below depth slightly, wipe up excess resin. You can fill the thread 
holes with wax or other easily removed stuff to keep the resin out.
L Brown


At 08:23 PM 9/12/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>As part of a commission for a big curtain rail, I need to attach some 1/16"
>plate to an old stone wall, which we think is a rubble wall under the
>plaster.
>
>Normally I'd use an injected resin system like this
>
>http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100071&ts=80845&id=99635#
>
>I like the way it fills the oversized holes that often result when drilling
>into an old soft wall of unknown quality.
>
>However, it means that the plate is held on by nuts screwed onto studs that
>project from the filled holes. This, I feel, doesn't look very nice.
>
>Any suggestions for a more aesthetically pleasing attachment method?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich M.
>
>
>
>Richard Maynard
>rich at maynard.org.uk
>
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