Putting a metal bar into my garage floor...

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Rich

• Apr 25, 2011

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How would you guys go about sinking a metal bar into a concrete floor?

I have just bought myself a lovely new motor bike and want to sink a 'u' shaped bar into the floor so that I can lock the bike to it, not sure of the best way of attacking it.

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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first off what bike you bought...........and i take your on about a ground anchor, if so you can buy them with fixing all ready with them.

 

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Ian

• Apr 25, 2011

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What's the diameter of the post? Can you get a drill bit big enough to make the holes to put it in?

 

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diamondtiling

• Apr 25, 2011

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Cut out a larger hole than the bar, use a 9" grinder to get the cuts equal. Sink the bar in and fill with concrete, you could always drill holes through the bar and push metal rods through (same type as you use to reinforce concrete). that would make it very difficult to remove which is after all what you want.

Any pictures of the bike?

 

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Stewart

• Apr 25, 2011

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Have you thought about closing the garage door....(;0)

Or you could use a core cutter or grinder....

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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I take it you know what size bar you need, where it should go, the reason why you want it in the floor rather than in the wall etc etc... I'd get a large masonry drill, drill say two or three holes for each side of the u-bar, chisel the in between bits out, fill it with concrete, set the bar and and wait and Bob's your uncle

 

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diamondtiling

• Apr 25, 2011

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Have alook here........Motorcycle Ground Anchor | Motorcylce Anchor | Motorbike Ground Anchor

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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shall I move this to the Arms? it's in general chat at the moment and I don't want any unscrupulous people surfing the net and finding you've gone and bought something special and know how to get it out of your garage....

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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GirlRacerRed said:

shall I move this to the Arms? it's in general chat at the moment and I don't want any unscrupulous people surfing the net and finding you've gone and bought something special and know how to get it out of your garage....

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we dont know what hes got yet ........it could be one of these :lol::lol:

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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andy allen said:

we dont know what hes got yet ........it could be one of these View attachment 27841 :lol::lol:

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I'm pressing the like button because I actually really like this! Cute and different.. not very macho, of course.. :lol:

 

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Mike

• Apr 25, 2011

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there are chemical fixings you can get. you just put the sealed glass tube into the pre drilled hole and hammer the ringbolt in so it smashes the glass and resin and hardener react and set the bolt. these are really strong.

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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Mike said:

there are chemical fixings you can get. you just put the sealed glass tube into the pre drilled hole and hammer the ringbolt in so it smashes the glass and resin and hardener react and set the bolt. these are really strong.

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Wow, have you got a name or a link for something like that, Mike?

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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Mosaic Girl said:

Wow, have you got a name or a link for something like that, Mike?

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here's one gisela Resin Capsules : Large range of quality Resin Capsules at Tooled-Up.com

 

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• Apr 25, 2011

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Used to fix rebar with the resin that mixes in the nozzles.

 

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Mike

• Apr 25, 2011

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i used to use the capsule type when steel erecting years ago, if a hole was drilled a bit big for the rawlbolt we'd put in a capsule before the bolt and then leave overnight