How To Install Floor Anchors

The best option is a heavy duty ground anchor that s bolted into concrete but even a wall anchor screwed into a wooden shed panel or fencepost.

How to install floor anchors. As a rule of thumb the concrete anchor industry has established a minimum standard of ten 10 anchor diameters for spacing between anchors and five 5 anchor diameters from an unsupported edge. Next you could install concrete sleeve anchor which is probably the most common type of cement anchors. If the anchors are installed too close together it can cause an interaction of the forces thus reducing the holding power of the anchors. Use wedge anchors to fasten studs to concrete.

Carbide tipped drill bits that meet ansi standards must be used as they are tolerance matched to the concrete fastener. Wedge anchors are fasteners that rely on expanding sleeves to anchor two by fours permanently. If the bottom plate is still exposed the process is the same as if it were a new construction on an existing pad with one additional step. If your shed is already built on a concrete pad which is also its floor but has no anchors holding it to the concrete you can install x 7 concrete expansion anchors.

How to install concrete wedge anchors. The solution is to fit a lock or floor anchor. Once you ve drilled the holes you ll need only a hammer and a wrench to install the wedge anchors. In order to install them you have to drill a hole the same diameter as the anchor tap the sleeve anchor in the wall and use a wrench to fasten the bolt.