Fixing Wooden Posts To Concrete Floor

You can surface mount a post that will have more than one point of support such as a post that attaches to both a concrete slab and a covered roof or a post that supports a handrail that s also attached to a house.

Fixing wooden posts to concrete floor.

Sand the bottom section with a band sander it it doesn t fit in the anchors. Deep into opposite sides of the plinth block. First of all position your timber in place and pre drill if necessary the hole in the timber where you want the concrete anchor to go. These nails are driven through a board and into concrete underneath much like nailing a wood board to a wood floor.

After you ensure the post anchors are locked into position you could proceed to installing the wooden posts. The cut nail and the concrete nail. Consequently in order to anchor a post to concrete you need to paint its bottom section with wood primer as to make sure it will resist against moisture. Drill holes into the concrete that are the right diameter for lead shields using a masonry bit in a hammer drill.

Two common nail options are shown below. Mark the location of the holes in a metal post bracket on the concrete. Insert lead shields into the holes in the concrete. Personally l don t pre drill.

The cut nail has a square tapered shape with a square tip. The easiest approach is simply to nail the wood to the concrete. If you have a rotary hammer drill it is quite capable of drill through timber pine framing using a masonry drill bit. Post bases typically made from metal attach directly to the surface of the concrete.

Using a hammer drill fitted with a masonry bit predrill two 3 16 in.