Hi there guys its a chilly one this morning but in this video i'm going to show you how to install
a timber fence post to a brick wall in a way that will give you a strong
tight fitting hold that will last and we're going to start right now.
So there could be a lot of reasons why you'd be attaching a piece of timber to a wall, it could
be you know fitting some trellis or running a fence off like we're going to be doing here
but this method can be used in any application really you want with regards to installing
something to a brick or concrete and the first thing you want to do is you want to cut your piece
of timber with this regarder a 2x4 for a fence to the right length and i'm going to do this now.
Okay when you're cutting your piece of timber to length you want to be cutting the top of the post
to 30 degrees, this is going to allow water run off and it's gonna stop the
the ingress of water into the top of the post and prevent this from rotting too quickly.
Easiest thing to do is to use a circular saw, set the gauge to 30 degrees like so
and then just run off the end.
There you have a nice smooth 30 degree angle for the water to run off.
As importantly as cutting the 30 degree angle on the top to
stop the water from ingressing into the end grain it's even more important to have the
post raised up off the ground using a little wedge because this is going to stop the wick effect
of moisture collecting at the bottom of the post and then being pulled up the timber and it will
prevent the bottom of the post rotting as well. Okay so you've cut the top of your post you've
raised the post up off the ground with a wedge now you're ready to mark the
positions and where you're going to drill for the bolt holes. Now when drilling into a wall you
don't want to be drilling into the mortar course you want to be drilling into the brick itself.
As you can imagine when they lay the mortar bed down and they furrow the bed it's going to leave
places where there isn't any mortar and it will leave an air pocket behind there so when you're
drilling into that it's not going to give you a secure fixing but into the brickwork you've got
a nice strong solid brick for the bolt to bite onto so you should always drill into the brick
course and not the mortar course. Okay to prepare your hole for drilling you're going to need
32 millimeter spade bits, 10 mil wood drill bit well this is a metal bit but that'll do
you're going to need obviously a drill, 15 mil socket which you'll need later
for drilling in the bolts and then these are the bolts that we're going to be fitting.
These are thunderbolts or masonry screws ,
these ones are 10 mil by 100 mil and then that's a 30 mil washer marked all the positions for the
bolts now you just want to roughly mark the middle of each one. Recess all the holes first
and then drill through with your your 10 mil bit. You want to be recessing the bolts because um
if you are feathering up to this then if the bolt was in the way that would just leave a gap
or if you were hanging a gate off here um the bolts would be in the way of the gate stop to be
fitted so you really want to have these recessed in. First of all you use your spade bit and
and drill down to about 10 mil and then you get your 10 mil drill bit to finish off the hole. If
you did it the other way around when you put your spade bit in it would just it wouldn't give you a
nice smooth um hole it would dance around inside the hole okay there as you can see
the bolt sitting nice and flush with the timber and that's not going to get in the way. Now we're
going to drill our holes into the brick course you're gonna need an eight mil masonry bit and
a hammer drill. Now this is a 150 mil masonry bit we're putting in 100 mil thunderbolts
so we're gonna go the whole depth of this masonry drill bit and that is in order to
leave enough of a clearance for the bolt to go in.
So you've drilled your first hole you're going to need a 15 mil
socket
then you can again check for level and if it is come out you can then just make minor adjustments
and then drill the rest of your holes
Now that is an extremely solid base to
start your fence off and that will never come off that will last longer than the fence itself.
Thank you guys for watching i hope this has helped you and if you like this video please
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