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Mon, Feb 26, 07 at 21:44
| I'm having a little problem getting my furring strips to stick. I know I'm using the right tapcon drill bit, 3/16" for my screws. I think I had 2 out of 10 work right.
I'm using my hammer drill. What am I missing? Thanks Scott |
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| 1/4 inch tapcons are a little large for furring strips. Are you sure you have the correct drill bit??? |
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| Are you using the hammer drill to screw them in? It might be hammering and breaking the groove they cut in the masonry. Or you might have crumbly material. I don't know what the Tapcon people think about it, but I have been known to use a match stick to shim a screw that's too loose. |
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| OK....my mistake. I had two tapcon bits...the right one and the larger one. I assumed they were the same size and they weren't. Sorry....better now. |
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