Anchors and Fasteners For Your Home
April 02, 2010 // Posted by: qwcdirect // Category: Construction & Technology, Construction Materials, Home Construction
A wide variety of anchors and fasteners are available in the market and the right ones could be picked depending on usage. If light loads are expected, plastic anchors which expand once fitted inside the wall can be used. Plastic anchors could be of various shapes and colors too. Toggle bolts which open their wings once driven inside and fastened could be used for brick, stone and concrete walls. These can be used for medium loads as well.
Concrete screws are popular as well because of ease of installation. Good examples of these would be tapcon concrete screws and concrete strike anchors. Internally threaded drop-in anchors are used for heavier loads. They fit well with the outside surface. Split drive and leadwood screw anchors can also be driven inside drilled holes and can be tightly fastened. Galvanized, zinc plated and stainless steel screws are sometimes preferred because they don’t rust very easily.