What To Do If Tapcon Screw Anchor Hole Is TOO BIG
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2022
- You just drilled a hole into concrete, concrete block, or brick using a 5/32" or 3/16" Tapcon carbide drill bit for a 3/16" or 1/4" screw anchor, and you discovered the hole is too large or the hole stripped when tightening. Find out what to do to correct the problem. DIY home repair and renovations. Enjoy the video!
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When this happens to me, I use a wire tie. Then cut off the excess. Works every time.
Dude you saved me. Sitting here banging my head against the wall as all my anchors strip. Voila! Trimmer string to the rescue worked perfectly!!!!!
I’ve been using this method for years. I only use 12 gauge wire though. The copper is soft and allows the threads of the tapcon to bite into it the best
I knew this trick, forgot this trick, cried a little and then found you on CZcams now. I am saved. Praise Jesus. 🙏
If you're drilling in soft concrete, use a bit 1/32" smaller. So for 3/16" Tapcons use a 1/8" bit, and for 1/4" Tapcons use a 5/32" bit. Installing Tapcons by hand is ok for a homeowner that doesn't have a lot to put in, isn't experienced with putting them in, and doesn't have the experience to control the drill and "feel" what they're drilling. Don't screw Tapcons in with a hammer drill. If you use an impact, you need the control and experience to feel what's going on, and don't let it start impacting more than once. A drill with a clutch (or drill control experience) is best.
If the hole is too big, knock the wall down and re-build it with a smaller hole
Why even buy masonry screws like tapcon if only small fraction of screw treaded surface is held by contact friction of TOOTHPICK width? Holding strength of screw is supposed to be the contact area of screw treaded surface with material treaded into creates calculable friction force to act against force pulling out screw!
With amount of times these Tapcon screws strip I find amazing that they are required as part of building codes. They literally do this 50% of the time, if not more.
I would way better trust a strand of electrical wire. We used that trick for years.
I did this on my vacuum motor that went bad. I ordered a new motor and when I went to tighten the screws the hole was stripped. So I used a piece of a milk carton plastic in the hole and it worked perfectly
Always very informative and helpful!! Looking forward to your next video
Great tip I've used to copper wire trick with great results, I've had a lot of tap tapcons strip out on me hanging pipe. Great video as always
Great, straight to the point video, with no blabbering, and even hints in the form of subtitles. Quintessential example of how to make a how-to video. Bravo!👏
THIS SAVED ME TODAY!! Thank you so much - I used both the toothpick and the trimmer ideas and both worked fantastic.
Great tips. I had to use the wire to bind a tapcon and it works very well. Feels extremely sturdy and that is in a hole where the tapcon pulled out with my fingertips minimal effort. Thanks for the advice.
Excellent how to video eNm! I have used this trick many times over the years and it hasn't failed me yet! 👍👍
Thank you for your wonderful tips. They were extremely useful…
Thank you so much. I didn't have any of those things kicking around, so I took one of those little plastic ties you sometimes find holding things coiled in a shipping package..I think they are a tiny strip of wire embedded in plastic. Worked perfectly the same way!
Thank you!
Good information and demonstration