Wood To Concrete Nails

If flooring isn t being attached directly to wood fluted masonry nails can be used to attach furring strips and floor plates to uncured concrete.

Wood to concrete nails.

Trying to screw or nail into concrete sounds like a near impossible task. Consult local building codes for proper bonding of wood to concrete in this instance. Instead remove the nail and drill deeper or widen the hole. The cut nail has a square tapered shape with a square tip.

You can fasten wood to concrete using 3 different methods depending on your preference. A concrete nail gun is a dead simple tool consisting of a hollow metal barrel and a firing pin. Masonry nails are less expensive than concrete nails and less likely to bend or break. Hammer set concrete fasteners concrete screws and mortar nails are all effective ways to connect wood to concrete.

But attaching to concrete really isn t much more difficult than fastening to wood if you use the correct tools and. Actual gunpowder from a modified 22 caliber shell propels specially designed nails through the wood and into the masonry. A masonry nail also known as a concrete nail is made of tough steel and designed with fluted shafts that help them drive into concrete without breaking. These nails are cheap hold well as long as they penetrate at least inch into the concrete and are extremely hard to pull out.

This method is only effective when you are attaching wood to concrete blocks or a concrete black wall. If the nail stops before its head reaches the surface no amount of pounding will help. Concrete nails are. In some applications such as when tubing or other heating coils are embedded in concrete fasteners such as screws or nails are prohibited and the installation of wood to concrete must be done with glue only.

Insert concrete or masonry nails into the holes and drive them flush to the surface of the wood using a framing hammer. Hold a masonry nail against the concrete wall with your fingers. Be careful not to bend the nails as you drive them. Roofing nails have a wide nailhead to keep house wrap sheathing and roofing felt in place.

Place the tip of the masonry nail against the marking you made and hold it steady with your fingers. One way to attach wood to concrete is to use mortar nails.