[TheForge] Steel attaching to masonry

Andy Gladish gladish at cablerocket.com
Sat Mar 1 22:01:59 EST 2008


On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:46:23 -0800, Mark Novak <mark at fireworkspdx.com>  
wrote:

>  My concern is less with the hinges themselves than with how the hinge  
> is mounted into the masonry. Is there a material that will expand and  
> contract with the steel, so that the hinges and doors don't tear away  
> from cracking masonry?

Has anyone ever tried the old technique you see on for instance Yellin's  
window guards on the DIA- poured lead? Or is all the stuff I think is lead  
really epoxy?

Andy Gladish


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