Saturday i met Diz and we got started clearing out the studio to B. we got all the junk relocated and actually threw out a few things too. Then we started with the new wall, I'd bought a pocket door which i thought would be sweet for this location and was only $25 at habitat but the beam hangs too low (the ceilings are low too) and cutting a pocket door down 2" didn't seem ideal. plus i want to insulate the wall for sound in case we end up renting the converted garage somewhere down the line. The pocket for the pocket door can't be insulated and we'd have to be real careful hanging stuff there too, plus no power can go in so i settled for a pre-hung. Then we ended up wrestling with the base plate for the wall, I had some janky philips head concrete anchors but the wouldn't grab, so i said goodbye to Diz, feeling kinda humiliated for screwing up the pocket door and base plate tasks, and headed to the hardware store for some real anchor bolts.
more than you need to know...
I don't like anchors ever! they never perform well and are usually a wrestling match. If i have to use 'em I like the wedge anchors with a nut on them. hammer 'em in hard and wrench 'em up tight with a socket wrench and that's a good tight hold. Incidentally if i ever do another Ikea kitchen I'll use the wall cabinet rail on the base cabs too. the rails are only 6 bucks for a 7 foot length and the cabinets never line up on studs. Even the 90# metal sheetrock anchors that screw in don't give a good hold and if the rock is at all moist, which it often is on an exterior wall or just from being in the kitchen, then the hold is even weaker.
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