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Recommendations on fixings please
Hi folks,
We’ve been asked to install a commemorative plaque to a sea wall. It is going to be made from 25mm granite and will measure about 500mm x 500mm. They estimate the weight to be in the region of 15kg.
Can anyone recommend a fixing for this? We’ll need some sort of marine grade stainless steel option that is also pretty pleasing to the eye.
Nick.
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2 Replies
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I would drill some holes in the rear of the plaque at about 45 degrees (upwards) and adhere stainless steel rods into them leaving them protruding say 75mm.
You them drill the wall you are fixing to at 45 degrees downwards and fill with the same adhesive then lower the plaque onto the wall.
Make all holes a little larger than the rods used so you can get plenty of adhesive around them. I have fitted three like this and have never had a problem. One has been in place some 12 years now and that weighed in at about 60kgs
Can’t remember the adhesive I used but got it from a local builders supplies but I do know City Electrical Factors do an adhesive for fixing plastics, metals etc to stone
Hope this helps.
By the way, no fixings then show so it could be arrested for having no visible means of support :lol1:Dave
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Cheers Dave, we did something very similar with a stainless steel plate but the rods were welded on the back. It worked a treat but I don’t know how comfortable I’d be drilling the granite, especially at an angle, whilst trying not to burst through the face 🙁
Nick
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