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"anchor away," in the Floorcovering Installation & Maintenance Tips forum, begins: "Ok so I need to anchor a naildown transition on conete fer whatever reason... ...so I get my hammerdrill and ..."


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Old March 10, 2009, 11:17 PM   #1
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Ok so I need to anchor a naildown transition on conete fer whatever reason......so I get my hammerdrill and make my anchor holes...but a funny thing happened, I aint got no plastic or wood dowels to put in the holes......so I get out my hotmelt gun and WALLA !!!...I got anchors......just fill the hole let it cooldown and hammer drive nails into it...anchored real good....

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Old March 11, 2009, 12:28 AM   #2
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ohh... why havent i thought of that....
im gonna try a few and see how well they hold...
thanks for posting that!

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Old March 11, 2009, 08:29 AM   #3
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be sure and vacumn out the dust first...

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Old March 11, 2009, 08:41 AM   #4
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I've done that a few times myself. I still preferr the toothpicks myself as I'm addicted to toothpicks since I quit smoking 24 years ago.
The hotmelt in the hole works great though. Did you do a test hole and put a nail in and try to pull it out?

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Old March 11, 2009, 01:04 PM   #5
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I bet if you wallered the bit around a little and made it an odd-shaped hole, possibly a little bigger at the bottom than at the top, it would make an even stronger anchor.

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Old March 11, 2009, 05:42 PM   #6
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Good idea. Did you use kool stix made for the kool glide system.

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Old March 11, 2009, 05:45 PM   #7
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Daris Mulkin said View Post
. Did you do a test hole and put a nail in and try to pull it out?

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....no but they went in so solid, I aint thinkin they're gonna be easy to pull out...

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Old March 11, 2009, 05:46 PM   #8
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Good idea. Did you use kool stix made for the kool glide system.
...HOW'D YA KNOW THAT DON !!!...

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Old March 13, 2009, 03:04 PM   #9
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good idea,i use chopsticks. when i'm out next time i'll think of you cp

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Old March 20, 2009, 11:08 PM   #10
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I'll have to try that. When I need it I don't have it and usually use my pencil.

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Old March 21, 2009, 03:03 AM   #11
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Good tip cp, I have been using hot glue for backing up starting rows on concrete glue downs. I think SK taught me that.

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Old March 21, 2009, 06:34 AM   #12
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I just got to thinking about the using the Kool sticks and making the anchor in the concrete. Well my seat belt on my van broke- the male end has a smaller little bar that keeps the buckle from falling all the way to the bottom of the strap. The smaller part of it broke off. Anyway I took some 1/4" copper pipe and cut it to size filled the ends with Kool Stic and drilled holes in the buckle and put in screws. Works like a dream been there almost a year now and no sign that it is going to let go. They wanted $150 to replace the whole assembly.

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Old December 18, 2009, 08:01 PM   #13
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That is a good "Trick of the Trade". It would be nice to have a section where there are tricks like this posted with no comments (for easy reading)

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Old December 23, 2009, 03:00 PM   #14
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The glue idea is a good one. I will also use pencils if I don't have dowel rod. I also cut tackstrip and hammered it into the holes already.

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Old April 24, 2010, 08:36 AM   #15
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The glue idea is a good one. I will also use pencils if I don't have dowel rod. I also cut tackstrip and hammered it into the holes already.
I have done that with tackstrip B4!

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