If you use the epoxy, be sure that the hole is dust-free. This is a good thing to do even if you don’t use the epoxy. The stud anchor will hold much better if there is no dust in the hole.

Post-installed mechanical anchors used in concrete are subjected to new pre-qualification tests (ACI 355.2). Adhesive anchors also are governed by testing and assessment requirements (ICC-ES AC308).

In January 2002, the American Concrete Institute (ACI) issued a new standard, ACI355.2-01, which prescribed a comprehensive testing program to ascertain design parameters for post-installed adhesive ...

Q–I am putting up a new fence by installing wood posts set in a concrete footing. I did this years ago in my old house but found that after a number of years some of the posts had loosened ...

The Lake of the Ozarks stretches for more than 54,000 acres in southern Missouri. The Bagnell Dam, which created the lake and several new waterways in 1931, holds back 600 billion gallons of water ...

The Post-Tensioning Institute, the leader in post-tensioned, prestressed concrete design and construction, announces the availability of its new manual: “Recommendations for Prestressed Rock and ...

How do you attach that to the concrete? Well, that’s pretty easy as well. It’s a lead anchor, basically a threaded sleeve, that you use a hammer drill and a sharp masonry bit to drill down ...

QA decorative window shutter on a brick wall at my house blew off in a windstorm. It would be easy to reattach it, except that the holes left in the mortar by the former nails are now too wide for ...