Nightmare with carpet bars and concrete flooring

dekaspace · 27 May 2018 at 4:17PM

I got some carpet bars last year a few months after moving to my flat as my carpet was getting frayed at edges when walking, my relative tried putting it down best they could but as it was concrete floors it was a nightmare as the screws couldn't go in right, eventually did it but I had to move 2 bars after to lay down wiring as well as when council needed to fix a loose door.

Since then those bars dont hold down, tried bigger screws and such but they just don't screw in as if the hole is too big.

Any other way? Or way to say fill the hole and a substance hardens around the screws so they grip?

Owain_Moneysaver · 27 May 2018 at 4:29PM

You need to use wallplugs if you are drilling into concrete.

MX5huggy · 27 May 2018 at 4:36PM

Plug and screw it or glue it with CT1

peachyprice · 27 May 2018 at 8:18PM

Try concrete screws.

https://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/masonry-screws/cat840054

shaun_from_Africa · 27 May 2018 at 9:02PM

I recently had to put down a few gripper rods on a concrete floor and I used this stuff:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/evo-stik-sticks-like-sh-t-290ml/22070?tc=DT1&ds_kid=92700022904812679&ds_rl=1249481&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImYSd5Nam2wIVLrXtCh1jdQ-AEAQYASABEgJIavD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=COrM1ebWptsCFYQi0wodEA8JZA

A good clean of the concrete to get the dust off, a few dollops on the bottom of the gripper rods and after putting them down and leaving until the next day, they were absolutely solid.

dekaspace · 27 May 2018 at 9:56PM

Thanks for advice, well they are over pieces of carpet so would that work?

tacpot12 · 27 May 2018 at 10:08PM

If the carpet bars are fitted on top of the carpets, glue won't work - glue is for carpet gripper rods that go under the carpet. Bars need to be screwed through the carpet, so you need wall plugs set into the concrete.

onomatopoeia99 · 27 May 2018 at 10:19PM

Carpet bars in my house are fixed into the concrete floors with nails that are about 1/2" long. I just took a load up yesterday.

dekaspace · 1 June 2018 at 11:14PM

Ok so I was in Screwfix today, got some wallplugs, didn't fit into most of the holes I had so need to extend them, but the ones they did screwed in tightly.

Also the concrete in the kitchen/living room doorway is crumbly I assume due to a leak I had last year, is it safe to drill into that or shall I phone council.

Nightmare with carpet bars and concrete flooring

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