Resin Anchors - The Absolute Strongest Fixings
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2022
- Resin or Chemical Anchors are used all the time in the construction industry and are now easily assessable to the DIY'er although most don't realise they are an option.
All resin anchor examples shown I purchased in Screwfix.
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Amazon links to the tools and materials used in this video...
UK Links:
► Polyester Resin Kit: amzn.to/3raNkKf
► Rawlplug R Kem 2 Resin: amzn.to/3ukQVXS
► Chemical Resin Sleeves: amzn.to/3KntYcp
US Links:
► Sika Anchor Fix: amzn.to/3JzPJod
► Heavy Duty Gate Hinge: amzn.to/37bwGmC
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In a former life I ran a sign manufacturing company. In 1996 we hung a 2 ton sign above the entrance to Kingsland Shopping Centre in Hackney using 2 vertical resin anchors with 16mm rods. Terrified me for years, but they held, amazing strength.
BWAHAHAHAHA!!
Did you drive by it often looking at it just waiting for it to fall? 😬😬😬
It did keep me awake at night sometimes. Thousands of people walked under that thing every day. It's long gone now though, and I don't do that kind of stuff any more😅
Nice one
I can relate slightly. I'm a drainage engineer and install 6 inch cast iron pipework in carparks. I use a fixing called drop in anchors (shots). They need a 12mm hole and a punch with a setting tool. They hold a ton each. Does worry me though still lol
As a resident of hackney thank you 😊
There have been quite a few comments regarding the wisdom or not of using a blower and brush to clear the holes before filling with resin. As someone who has installed literally hundreds of resin bonded anchors, I can assure you that the method shown using a blower and brush (which ideally should be a round one) is 100 percent the correct way to do it. With a vacuum you cannot guarantee to remove all the dust which can cause failure of the bond. This may seem odd, but if you download the tech info sheets from the manufacturers you will find it is in fact the correct method.
Thank you George.
Blowing out is always more effective than sucking out with a vacuum. The velocity of the air it many times higher.
@@matthewhuszarik4173 I agree Blow Jobs are best !!!!
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After filling a hole, is it possible to drill into the resin as opposed to fitting into non cured resin? I ask as I need to fill a large door frame hole and the torque the screw through it into the cured resin.
Stuart, I can't explain how well timed this video is for me. I am forever grateful. Thank you
This is great stuff for securing in to old breeze block. Had to fit a large feature radiator to a wall in my 80s build house. The supplied rawl plugs pulled out of the holes, tried big metal fixings and they did the same. Chemfixed some threaded bar and bolted on and it’s never moved. Great stuff.
The last 3 seconds of this video had me in stitches. Your comedic timing is on point
Thanks Stuart, that was a really interesting and informative video. I've looked at resin fixings before but never knew much about them. After watching your video I can definitely see me using them at some point.
Perfectly timed Stuart, just picked some of this for a first time use in storm damage repairs. Feel more confident and going to give it a go.
Honestly Stuart, your videos are far superior in content than ANYTHING on mainstream. You’re demonstrations, explanations ( how AND why ) are exemplary ! I genuinely get excited when I’m alerted to a new proper DIY. I hope you continue for many many years, I suspect you don’t realise ( as you’re a decent humble man ) just how valuable your videos are. If I could subscribe again, I would. Thank you 👍
I entirely agree. You always answer the next question in my mind without me even having to ask it. Thank you ever so much Stuart, keep it up!
Nice one Stuart. I would put the air nozzle at the bottom of the hole to blow it out properly. I’ve taped an 8mm tube on the end of an oil syringe and just use that to blast the holes clean. Works really well. I do use a bottle brush to loosen debris prior though. 👍
Thanks for another great video. I've used these types of fixings on a number of occasions, although I do normally turn the threaded rod fixings in an anti-clockwise when locating them. I find that this avoids the 'archimedes screw' effect which might try to pump the medium from the hole.
Fabulous video. Clear, concise and, with the inclusion of a smattering of humour, very memorable. Keep up the good work and thank you.
never even crossed my mind to try resin fixings like this, will be definitely giving this stuff a try next time something needs attatching to something else
I just picked up a couple of bench grinder pedestals and will be securing one to the garage floor for a bench vise soon.
So this video came along at a great time.
I've always heard of resin anchors but might not have remembered when the job was at hand. Thank you.
I'll also use it with a bubble style tire balancer soon too.
Totally agree with the five minute work time, it's get everything ready, check and go. Have used a compressor for blowing out holes, real effective but watch your eyes or do it your way.
Incidentally have found if you're quick enough you can but the pointy end of the applicator into the end if a garden hose and flush out the product. Works well enough to be able to reuse them a few times.
Excellent video clip. Thank you for showing the product, installing the fitting and performing realistic tests as demos. I’m impressed with the chemical anchors and will add this option to my choices for similar applications. I was impressed with the difficulty your miter saw had in getting through the hardened material. It looks really abrasive; planning the installation so as to avoid trying to modify it later appears the best approach. 😊
I used some resin anchors to secure a large safe into a basement wall/floor. They worked fantastically.
What a fantastic demonstration. I shall definitely be using these on future projects!
Good video! First time I used these was a couple of summers ago tying down some step handrails. If it's hot out, working time can really be limited so it pays to keep the tubes either indoors or at least in the shade until ready to use.
Thanks for this, Stuart - I've got a 75" TV to wall-mount on plasterboard and was wracking my brains as to how to do it with conventional metal wall anchors. I'll definitely be giving this stuff a go.
It's usually a bonus having a wife who doesn't understand the difference between inches and cm; just not when she buys a telly without measuring and expects you to fit it!
I've always shied away from using resin anchors in the past, thinking they might be to messy or complicated. I'll definitely be giving them ago in the future. Thanks for the video.
No problem
Simply excellent - about to fix a pillar drill to my workshop floor - and this is how I will do it. Many thanks!!
Brilliant demo, brilliant engagement, wasn't expecting the ending. Brilliant
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Thank you
Fantastic. Got a heavy gate to hang off a wall later this week. Had already thought about giving the Rawlplug stuff a go, now I'll be popping an order into Screwfix tomorrow. Thanks for a great informative vid. 👍
Thanks mate exactly what I need, I have never realised that resin was that strong. I will use it to secure a new fence post to a wall. Thanks again Stuart
No problem
Used these during my working life, very strong holding very heavy weights. Love the videos 😊
Absolutely brilliant demo, I sure did enjoy it.
Nice one fella. A much appreciated video as I'd never come across this fixing type until today whilst researching post base anchors. Perfect for me as I didn't want to add high expansion pressures to the blocks I've just used to build a wall in the garden.
Very interesting. Thanks for doing this. Given me a few ideas especially seeing the fixing in the dreaded thermal block.
great video. you're a natural at this. Love your style, your explanation and your editing. Keep it up, thanks.
Thank you very much
Used on Large wall hung patio awnings, TV brackets and a garden gazebo which gets significant wind loading. All still there! great stuff, it's the most permanent of fixings. Tried breaking a test lump with a sledgehammer, broke the engineering brick it was sat on.
Yes, I bought this to fix a threaded 10 mm long bolt in a wall with filling of loose stones. Never thought that would work. But, it was like it was stuck in solid stone, I was amazed by how good this worked!
good point regarding the material surrounding the resin ,,,, fun & worthwhile video !
Some top tips here to help avoid my usual bodgery. Many thanks!
Excellent demonstration. Thank you.
Another great demonstration. Unlikely I'll ever need this type of fixing but useful to know anyway.
Hi Stewart I’ve used this system to put a scaffold poll across my garage wall to wall into brickwork ( 8 foot long ) it holds two bags 1 x 70 kg and 1 x 20 kg , they have been up for about 7 years , it still amazes me how much punishment this gets and it’s as strong today as it was when I first put it up definitely recommend this .
I can see you rally enjoyed this - great to see and thanks!
Years ago I installed about 100 Hilti anchors with eye bolts in a yoga studio. They were for rope yoga - where the anchor has to support somone's weight.
As such they were subject to the LOLER regs as a piece of lifting equipment. About a year later I needed to get some of them load tested for insurance purposes. I went back to the Hilti store and they remembered me and orgasnised a test free of charge! The test rig performed a pull test, it was a bit like a bottle jack with a force gauge. Passed no problem. Great service, you wouldn't get that from Screwfix or B&Q.
Hi Richard, the Hilton store are good guys. You do know that Screwfix is the Tradesman’s outlet of B&Q eh?
Our new fence has come away over winter it was a normal fixing into a brick. This is my plan to sort it as the existing holes are bigger now, great video thank you :)
It's great stuff, I usually really only ever use it for mounting bathroom basins, threaded bar and a nut is an amazing fixing for them, you would be surprised the nonsense that happens ontop of a basin, especially in a public bathroom.
We had a high wire act in our pantomime, and the company who supplied it had fabricated massive steel plates which were fixed to the wall either side of the stage. The steel cable was then attached, running at about ten feet above ground, and tightened with a Tirfor winch. The guy then had a tensioned cable to walk across. I can't imagine the tension on each wall, but at the end of the ten week run, they removed the plates and ground off the studs, and nobody even knows it was there!
I was looking for something to help me fix a threaded rod into my concrete wall to create floating shelf. I think I have found the answer. Thanks for the very informative video. Cheers.
Hope you had a nice trip. See you next fall!
Excellent I have a need for this with most drilled holes I managed to mangle
Excellent - I've seen those mesh inserts before and wondered what they were for.
Top class work. This is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you.
Great video, never knew about this method of anchoring a fixing but will use it in the future. Subbed.
The perfect (timely) solution to my loose fence posts into brick! Many thanks
No problem
Sir ur videos to watch is such a pleasure And ur explaination tutorials couldn't be any easier.. Thnx
Using this stuff for concrete anchors is great, I use it a lot for stone repair as well, if you got some top rail to run or just patch in this stuff bonds and bonds fast. Worth the 26 bucks a bottle!
Came for the education, stayed for the comedy like that trip at the end! Made me laugh so hard. Very relatable
Thank you Paul
Fantastic video this, we have holes in a couple of walls that seriously need closing…the renovators never completed the wall when they worked here, so thank you for this….hubby says 10 out of 10 😄😄
Love your preparations
Never even heard of this method but I’ll be giving it a go!👍🏻
Hi Stuart
I’m well impressed mate never had to use anything like this before but I’ll keep it in mind now
Thanks 😊
Thanks
Thanks Stuart, very interesting. You might need a bit of this stuff on that broom head!
I knew I was saving the rest for something
Never heard of this stuff before, glad I do now, as i have a gate to fix to a wall with wallowed out bolt holes from previous fixings. Many thanks. Liked and sub'd.
Quite interesting to watch, many thanks. 👍
just found this great guide to solve a "problem". Brilliant guide. Subscribed😁
Welcome aboard!
My son showed me how that fixin resin worked. Its very good.
Great vid. An ur a funny guy.
Great video and just in time cos my ladder brackets fell off the wall last week when the rawl plug came out of the thermalite block.
Great job fella. I've just saved this to "Things I might need" file.
Thank. I didn’t know this was readily available at DIY stores.
Thanks for an informative and useful video.
great video used this to hold up my porch been up about 5 years now and not moved a mm great stuff
Nice one
Put the blower straw almost to the bottom of the hole. Just as you did with the resin nozzle.
The hollow wall sleeve looks great. You can improve support under the board by drill a few holes through the drywall and inject some more resin. That stops it collapsing when nut/bolts are tightened.
Thanks so very much for sharing this! Cheers!
I've seen a carpenter use these for anchoring floating shelves. Best and easiest method by far
That's very helpful if you want to stack a few elephants on those shelves. A bit of overkill for anything else, though.
I used normal wall anchors to put up a fitness bar for my son. Two anchors can hold about 4000 kilograms of weight. I'm pretty sure that resin anchors are even stronger. But mine are removable :)
Perfect timing, I was thinking of using this to mount some small posts to a 6 inch high brick wall for a 12 inch picket fence.
Going to secure rebar into the brick and drill holes in the posts to slide over the top. It’s only small and that will hold it in place and mean I could just lift it out to repaint it.
I agree with the other person who commented. Your idea sounds like overkill and will be quite expensive. A simple solution for your need of such a small fence would be to use screw inserts. Fix your small posts with rawl plugs and screws to the brick wall, then drill and using an allen key insert the screw inserts. Then use some bolts to attach the fence into the screw inserts. You can then undo the bolts holding the fence in place to paint it time and time again and you always have a good fixing to put it back into. They work really well and hold strongly and cost very little from Screwfix etc.
That’s great. I want to use those for my garage conversion suspended floor. Thanks.
No problem
Excellent video Stuart. Happy Friday!!!
Thank you
I was looking for what type of anchor to use for going through drywall straight to cinder block. This looks like the best answer I've found by far, especially since I want something strong! Thank you so much for this video! Yes! You're correct! I've never even heard of this, and I've even worked as a tool and parts clerk for a few years.
Very well explained and demo-ed.
Nice Video, Thanks
I Once had to take out such a resin-anchored bolt and after many failures the only thing that worked and helped me remove it was a blowtorch... Heated it enough to melt a bit and quickly pulled it out. After all the effort and tries, it felt like cheating, but did the work... Just keep that in mind if you ever need it, and definitely if the area and the load are fire sensitive
Good tip. I've saved this for later!
I use this gear to fix dental x-rays to walls. It is the best fixing you will get, never had one fail. Always have a couple of tubes on the van. Even used it to bond a piece of timber to some brickwork that had blown then screw fixed to the bonded timber...works a treat every time
Nice one!
Can't wait to cut it on the miter saw just like you!
What a genius idea!
Wtf
Having first used the "plug in" glass inserts about 40 years ago I would recommend them for the amateur/DIYer as you have a much more leeway to drill all your holes and get the job ready - and no waste as with the gun cartridges. (I often stop and think about subsequent users of the, about 50, shop premises where I used the fixings (probably 20 or 30 per location) got on with removing the 8mm studs!!)
Getting them out is definitely the bigger challenge
Thanks for the video. I had not heard of this before.
Excellent video
THe trip at the end for me was the best bit... Nice bit of british slapstick. Very amusing 😀
Fantastic video - trying to figure out how to mount a pull up bar - I'm lucky enough to have a converted old lift shaft in my flat - looks like these will do the trick.
Thanks, I never knew about this product.
best one I've ever used is a product called Anchorset , it comes with a special nozzle that mixes it for you so you just stuff it in the hole and insert your threaded bar or whatever, wait about 20 mins or so and it will NOT come out unless the wall falls down. I used it to anchor my lean-to shed to the side of my house. Awesome.
A great video. Thank you
Knew that trip was coming at the end 😆
Thanks, great video.
I haven't used or needed this option yet, but I will consider it for some situations.
We used chem fixings on railings and hand rails around the lakes at Bluewater shopping centre over 20 years ago, still as firm and rigid today.
Yes exactly - very permanent
thank you so much for this, I can't believe I just did it :)
Great video, loved the trip at the end. 🤣
It would be interesting to hear if you were able to use the stuff left in the tube? I had hoped you would mention that at the end of the video. I have used these fixings once before to fix tiles to the bottom of the arch of a window to provide a decorative overhang/drip tray. Applied a blob to the tile, held it in place with a bit of wood wedging the tile in place for the 5 minutes or so it took to go off. It worked really well but we did need to be organised and ready in advance and having a second set of hands really helped. It bonded the tiles in place really well when we didn't really have any other option. Expensive but it has its place and uses which makes it worth the money.
My wife weighs 100kg and i glued her to the ceiling. So these products really work
Didn’t even know this stuff existed but could of used it many times. Great video.
Thanks
Big thanks... just tonight my dear cousin advised me to look into anchor fixings for a 3.6 x 3.0m canopy I'm building using M12 x 150 thro' bolts fixing 150 x 47 timber onto 90 degree rendered brick walls outside our back door. Of 10 x 12mm x 150mm through bolts, eight are good... delighted to know now what to do xT
Great video, Stuart! I thought that chemical plugs were like strong glue. Thanks for the enlightment!
loving all your stuff .👍👍👍
Thank you David
Awesome, thankyou!
I was using the chembolts (the glass vials) back in 1987 for hanging an aircon unit from a ceiling.
many thanks.... v informative... as always.
Hi Stuart, so I see you've created your own 'Hard Rock Workshop'. Very well explained and a clever demonstration. I first saw these products used by the Guys who erected my stainless steel & glass balcony just over four years ago. Needless to say, I was sold. Kind Regards, Barnacle Bern 👍😎
That's not a bad title actually! Yes perfect for installers - quick and permanent