Question: A 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 ...

Securing something to a basement foundation wall? Drilling into fire-hardened brick and then driving in a screw or an expansive anchor can damage these materials. On the other hand, clay (tile) blocks ...

Two mistakes you really want to avoid are busting off a chunk of a concrete stair step and cracking the corner of a patio slab. To avoid these disasters, don’t drill any closer than 4 in. from the ...

The Titen Turbo line of concrete and masonry screw anchors features a patented thread design to deliver smooth driving with less torque and superior holding power. Easy, fast, and reliable to install, ...

On paper, a concrete anchor and concrete fastener sound like two names for the same thing. They aren't, though, and it's ...

Self-tapping screws are designed to create their own threads as they are driven into masonry. Unlike other fasteners, contractors do need to drill a hole or tap threads in a separate step. This ...

There are so many options to anchor "this" to "that," even when "that" is something hard like brick, block, concrete or stone. With summer under way, we're not only searching for places to hang plant ...

To make a hole in masonry and rock, you need a masonry bit—and to know how to use it in the correct way. It might not be often that you actually need to do this, but the task crops up every once in a ...

Based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Cobra offers a portfolio of over 1,000 SKUs focused on hollow-wall, universal and masonry anchors. IRVING, SANTA MONICA and MONTREAL — PrimeSource Brands, a North ...

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 ...