We have a gate with one end attached to the joints of a brick wall. Now that attachment is starting to fail. How do I fix it in the simplest way possible so I can attach the screws again? Some form of sealant?
It is destined to fail from the start to attach a gate in that way............In the joint, there is nothing to screw into unless they have screws several decimeters long that might grip into some trä behind?
Yes, I realize that too, but it looked like that when we moved here almost 9 years ago and had probably looked like that for a while before as well. It worked until about six months/a year ago or so, when it started to give out. Naturally, I should have done something back then, but...
It's French wood screws, 50 - 60 mm, and plugs.
Is it a "modern" joint, meaning it's cement and rock-hard? Then it might work for another 10 years if you clean it up and really use some sealant to fill the joint completely from the bottom out with cement mortar. Then you could advantageously mark and press in a new plug into wet mortar so it’s practically cast in place. But measure how deep it is and how long a screw you can have. The longer it is, the more stable it will be. And then plug after that.
Thank you!
The house was built in '76, so it's quite modern. By Skanska, so the likelihood that it's cement is probably quite high.
Good idea to push in the plug from the start.
Is the filler I linked to any good, or is there something better?
It will probably work, otherwise, I was thinking more about just mixing regular mortar and then finding something to inject it with. The big problem otherwise is that the hole was probably drilled from the beginning. It rarely ends well, and the mortar crumbles apart, and the hole might be too large, causing pieces to come loose behind, and it's already messed up from the start. With a plug in wet mortar, the chances probably increase enormously that it will hold afterward.
Embed a stainless threaded rod and place two nuts or a lock washer and a nut on the outside. Exactly what you should/can use to cast/bond/glue, I don't know, but I guess you should open the joint more to remove any loose parts of it, and then blow it clean or use a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner.
It should probably work, otherwise, I was thinking more about just mixing regular mortar and then finding something to inject it with. The big problem otherwise is probably drilling the hole from the start. It rarely turns out well and the mortar crumbles and the hole might become too big and it breaks off pieces behind, and it's a mess from the start. With a plug in wet mortar, the chance that it stays put increases greatly.
I started with "the simplest possible way" so ready-made mass wins (if it works...), but otherwise, you're probably right. I'll try to push the plugs in before it dries. Just waiting for some warmer weather.
Check if "ankarmassa" could be something you can use?
I have considered it, but I assume I won't be able to remove the screw afterward if I would want to for some reason? Or do you mean pushing in an anchor before it solidifies as "Stefan 1972" suggests?
Embed a stainless threaded rod and place two nuts or a lock washer and a nut on the outside.
I don’t know exactly what you should/can use to cast/seal/glue, but I guess you should open the joint more to remove any loose parts and then blow it clean or use a heavy-duty vacuum cleaner.
It will be a bit like the previous, is it possible to remove if I would want to?
I will scrape clean and blow/vacuum.
It is possible if you knock/drill/chisel the grout.
If you want to change the gate, etc., and completely hide the rod, you can easily cut the rod, sand it down, and then drill it out so you can cover it with some new mortar/whatever you have used. If it's not a requirement to hide it, just cut it and possibly sand it down.
The smart thing if you want to hide it is to place the fittings for the new hinges over the spot.
Casting in a plug seems difficult as the plug can be compressed/filled with mass/grout, and then you will have to drill out the hole anyway.
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