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.

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. If you have a rotary hammer drill it is quite capable of drill through timber pine framing using a masonry drill bit. Step 15 fasten the beam and post together.

Personally l don t pre drill. To attach a wood handrail post to concrete. Deep into opposite sides of the plinth block. The easiest approach is simply to nail the wood to the concrete.

Concrete screws through metal anchor straps into the plinth and then nail the straps to the wooden post with galvanized 10d box nails. Using a hammer drill fitted with a masonry bit predrill two 3 16 in. 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.

Mark the location of the holes in a metal post bracket on the concrete. 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. The cut nail has a square tapered shape with a square tip. The cut nail and the concrete nail.

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.