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00:11 Speaker 1: G'day knuckleheads, Uncle Knackers here, and today I'd like to show
you how to attach timber to a solid masonry surface or concrete. Come on, let's go. Come
on chop, chop.
00:27 S1: So the tools you need for this job are a dust mask for the concrete dust that
you'll be bringing up, some goggles for eye protection, some hearing protection, a hammer
drill or a rotary drill, I'll explain the difference in a minute, a masonry bit, a DynaBolt
or a through bolt depending on which country you're from, a hammer, spanner or a shifting
shipping spanner or a torque wrench and a brush and pan.
01:03 S1: Now before I do the demo, I just wanna discuss the choice of drill when drilling
into concrete. You have two options, you have a pure hammer drill or the latest sort of
hammer drills are rotary hammer drills which are ones like this, and they are far superior
to a standard hammer drill. And they come with different drill bits. This is your standard
hammer drill bit, see how the shaft's all smooth and the jaws of the drill just clamp
around it. But your SDS drill bit which is used for a rotary hammer drill is like this.
See the different grooves and slots. It's designed for a much more efficient method
of drilling into concrete. And if you can afford to get one, and it costs about 60 bucks,
60, 70 bucks, you don't need to go for the big $600 job; this one here costs you 60 bucks.
And I've had it for about, I don't know, five to six years, so it's well worth the investment.
02:03 S1: Okay, let's talk about the anchors. Now the anchor that I use to attach the timber
to the concrete is this DynaBolt or Through Bolt, as it's known in some countries and
all it is, is a loose sleeve... Is a loose sleeve with a nut on the end of the bolt.
And as you do... Can you see that? As you do the nut up the expandable wings spread
out, therefore attaching your timber to the concrete. Pretty ingenious. And the size of
the DynaBolt, you might be able to see it there, it says 10 mil. So if it says 10 mil
on your DynaBolt or your Through Bolt, that's the size drill bit you use. So with my SDS
drill bit for my rotary hammer drill you'll see here somewhere where it says 10 mil. That's
the size drill bit you use. Okay lets stop mucking around and get the demo under way.
Okay, come on.
03:15 S1: Alright just quickly before we do this demo, how deep do you drill your hole?
Good question, glad you asked it. DynaBolt goes through your piece of timber and into
your concrete. We want the hole to be drilled about 10 mil deeper than the length of that
DynaBolt there. That way if there's any debris left inside the hole, this DynaBolt isn't
going to bottom out and stick out like that. We don't want that to happen. Okay let's do
this demo.
03:52 S1: The first thing you need to do is you need to position your timber. Now I've
got a line marked down the slab here, so I'll position my timber up against that line. That's
where I want it to go. Now make sure you've got your hearing protection on, your goggles
and your dust masks. Some guys like to pre-drill their holes, personally with a rotary hammer
drill going through pine, I don't think you really need to. So this is how simple it is.
Drill on top of the timber and away we go.
04:46 S1: Done. It was that easy. Now let's get a brush or use your fingers or whatever
and get rid of all that dust so that it doesn't get back inside the hole. Look at that, it's
so easy. Pull the drill out, get rid of that dust, and we're now ready to insert the DynaBolt.
To insert the DynaBolt is very very simple. Just put it in the hole like that, and tap
it in. Done. Beautiful.
05:39 S1: Now to tighten it up, what we need is a spanner. Now the proper way to do it
is with a torque wrench and on the back of the packet of the DynaBolt it will tell you
how much pressure to actually put on these nuts. But most of us don't have a torque wrench,
so let's use a shifter or a spanner of some description, and let's tighten this up until
it's nice and firm. Don't get too crazy, just till it's firm like that. And there you have
it, secured to the concrete, never ever to come off. Absolutely fantastic. How easy was
that? An absolute piece of cake. Now, if you thought that video was useful. Please subscribe
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are two bonus tips that you won't wanna miss. So, till next time... Great tip, knackers!
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06:58 S1: Bonus tip number 1: If you want to get your hole really clean, which is a
good idea, just use a bike pump, a hand bike pump. And the nozzle that I use is the one
that the kids use to pump their footies up with. So let's attach that up. Make sure you're
wearing your dust mask, put it in the hole, and a few vigorous pumps, and you get yourself
a beautifully clean hole. Great tip!
07:35 S1: Okay, tip number 2: Bonus tip number 2 relates to drilling into the concrete itself.
Now most concrete slabs, they're about 4 inches thick or 100 mil thick, except on the edges
of your buildings where you've got a big beam, a big concrete beam. So, the majority of the
slab is a 100 mil thick, 4 inches thick. And beneath that slab is plastic, and that plastic
is there, plastic sheeting is there to prevent moisture from drawing up through your slab.
So, if you drill deeper than a 100 mil through your slab, there's a big chance of penetrating
that plastic sheeting and therefore allowing moisture to draw up through your slab. Now
you don't want that.
08:26 S1: And oh! Bonus tip number 3: Don't put a DynaBolt in too close to the edge of
the slab, come in about 50 millimetres. The reason being that the expandable sleeve on
that DynaBolt when it tightens, could blow the side of concrete slab out. Now, you don't
want that. So, keep it in at 50 mil and you'll be as safe as a church. Okay, see you next
time.