How to Fix Timber to Brick or Concrete - The Most Solid Method!

A 25mm washer between wood and coach-bolt head will give a better distribution of pressure onto wood. A well made video with good directions. Well done!

Awesome content, from all the DIY YT'ers out there, you're the most thorough one and easy to follow for beginners. Thanks for bringing this awesome content!

Great video again. I've found that I can't hold a long bit of wood sready enough to reliably mark all the holes at once. I've "missed" on some too often. What I do is mark and drill the first hole and attach the batten. Then mark the rest while the batten is firmly held, remove the batten (or some times just slacken and turn it out the way) then drill the rest. I get a better sucess rate that way. Also, when finally fixing the batten I loosely fit all the bolts first so I can move it to get the other three in without problems before tightening them all. For drilling, you do not necessarily need and SDS drill, but you do need a hammer drill with a masonary bit. It is true that, with larger bits in a Jacobs chuck can slip, but it will work. For marking the holes I prefer wittnessing the wall through the hole with a small size masonary bit (in a drill of course). With my old eyes a pencil mark can be hard to find. The tape trick works for wood bits too as does using one of those rod depth gauges. drilling straight square (perpendicular not non round) holes is an art in itself that I get right only about 75% of the time.. How do you cope with that?

I watch a lot of DIY videos and this guy, is hands down the best DIY guy I have ever come across! bets DIY videos!

Your videos are so clear and easy to follow. Thank you for your time, excellent as always

Clear presentation and instructions explaining 'why' as well as 'how'. Good camera work and editing. Great instructional video.

Nice video. Personally, I always drill small pilot holes as I find it is tricky to stop larger bits wandering across the surface of hard materials like bricks.

Great vid, what I do as well is use a penny washer, it gets an even stronger fixing but it’s more chew as sometimes you’ve got to core the washer out to fit the screw/Coach bolt

This is such a useful video. I have already used it to fix upright metal verticals to support a lattice fence on a garden wall. And I’m using it again today to work out how best to fix the oak timbers Ive had cut, to make a fireplace surround. This latter project needs to look good, as well as fix tightly and safely, so I’m going to set the bolts a little deeper than you suggest, and find another video to teach me how to make oak dowels to cover the bolt head and blend with the timber. I’ve also got to be very careful not to split or crack the old bricks. Thanks for a very practical video - and for covering the “do I drill into brick or mortar?” issue, which I had wondered about. I really appreciate the no-nonsense presentation. I loathe the music, logos, and usual nonsense in so many folks’ channels these days. I hope your channel goes from strength to strength.

Really enjoy your videos. Easy to follow.

A straightforward and informative video with no BS, the steps very clearly outlined and understandable for a beginner. I subscribed and am going to binge watch the rest of your channel. 👍 😃

Absolutely loving your videos mate, so helpful. You got yourself a new subscriber.

Exactly a video i was looking for. Thank you.

Great video as always, you are fast becoming one of the best DIY YouTuber's in UK. Thank you and keep up the good work!👍

Only recently found you channel, and I'm impressed, have watched a couple of your videos and I will definitely be coming back for more, Thank You.

Thanks mate! Replacing our old gate that’s joined to the house soon and this will really help!

It’s worth mentioning that if you are going to measure the depth of hole be certain that the screw or bolt will fit. If you only drill the depth of the plug then sometimes you will have problems with longer fixings. Great video 😊

Hi, just subscribed to your channel. I have always used this method until recently. I had to fit a very heavy awning canopy to the side of our house. I used masonry/ concrete screws. No plugs required and a super strong fixing.

Love the Diy video's your making. Keep them coming. Thanks

Brilliant video. Neat job.