How to nail into cement floor?

[StLfanatic]

bought some laminate wood flooring and put it through alot of my house. now time to do the threshold and trim pieces. the pieces are t moldings basically. But there is this slotted plastic piece that is supposed to be connected to the floor and the t molding basically snaps into the slot...

the plastic slot has small holes where i guess you nail them into the floor. well, iv never done this before. im assuming you nail them with a nail gun? i have a pretty small nail gun that came with my pretty cheap air compressor at target. iv never even used the gun. what kind of nails do i need? will my small el cheap-o gun/compressor work?

[Strychnine]

Hilti gun.

[FreightTrain]

Actually what you do is get a drill and drill into the concrete 3/4 to 1 inch. Then you get the screw that come with the plastic covers that are ment to secure stuff into concrete. I forgot what the screws are called but you can find them at any homedepot. This is the correct way to do what you need done. I'm suprised the instructions didn't tell you to do this, but then again no real man reads instructions lol.

[kc50lx]

Actually what you do is get a drill and drill into the concrete 3/4 to 1 inch. Then you get the screw that come with the plastic covers that are ment to secure stuff into concrete. I forgot what the screws are called but you can find them at any homedepot. This is the correct way to do what you need done. I'm suprised the instructions didn't tell you to do this, but then again no real man reads instructions lol.
this is what i did too. get a cement bit and a heavy duty drill!

[ELVIS]

i used liquid nails 3yrs ago and the "t" trim has moved a bit.

god bless.

[kangol]

i used liquid nails 3yrs ago and the "t" trim has moved a bit.

god bless.

It has?

[8mpg]

Actually what you do is get a drill and drill into the concrete 3/4 to 1 inch. Then you get the screw that come with the plastic covers that are ment to secure stuff into concrete. I forgot what the screws are called but you can find them at any homedepot. This is the correct way to do what you need done. I'm suprised the instructions didn't tell you to do this, but then again no real man reads instructions lol.

WAY overdone and takes to long

Id use a Ramset...uses a 22caliber blank to shoot a nail into concrete..you can probably rent the gun from a rental place and the nails and blanks are available at HD/Lowes

http://www.ramset.com/RS22.asp

[Cooter]

WAY overdone and takes to long

Id use a Ramset...uses a 22caliber blank to shoot a nail into concrete..you can probably rent the gun from a rental place and the nails and blanks are available at HD/Lowes

http://www.ramset.com/RS22.asp

aka a Hilti gun :)

[Mixedup]

WAY overdone and takes to long

Id use a Ramset...uses a 22caliber blank to shoot a nail into concrete..you can probably rent the gun from a rental place and the nails and blanks are available at HD/Lowes

http://www.ramset.com/RS22.asp


If close by you can borrow mine - what town you in?

[Vertnut]

WAY overdone and takes to long

Id use a Ramset...uses a 22caliber blank to shoot a nail into concrete..you can probably rent the gun from a rental place and the nails and blanks are available at HD/Lowes

http://www.ramset.com/RS22.asp
Yep. You can buy a hand-driven piece you use with a hammer. It's slower, but cheap.

[DFWtechie]

liquid nails is better, I have a buddy who used the channel and he had trouble wiht it about 8 months later. Liquid nail and it won't move until you remove it.

[BlackSnake1996]

WAY overdone and takes to long

Id use a Ramset...uses a 22caliber blank to shoot a nail into concrete..you can probably rent the gun from a rental place and the nails and blanks are available at HD/Lowes

http://www.ramset.com/RS22.asp
They have the hammer type for next to nothing.

[Sean88gt]

I don't know the price of Hilti stuff any more (used to when I was in direct competition) but it used to bed high $.
Something like this will work also.
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products/detail.ex?sku=0205177

[pgans]

I used liquid nails, it was quick, easy, and works perfectly.

[Sgt Beavis]

Liquid nails is good shit but if you really want to NAIL into concrete the Hilti gun is your best option.

[Yellowstang]

Fuck nailing it in, use the cement anchors and screws. One day you will want to take it out, alot easier with screws. The anchors look like the plastic ones used in drywall.

I used my Sears drill and a cement/masonry drill bit, no problems at all.

[TorchRedStang]

I used liquid nails, it was quick, easy, and works perfectly.

Literally just got done doing the same thing yesterday... I didn't use liquid nails... I used this Construction Adhesive from Home Depot.... 200 something... This stuff is freaking amazing! Put it down yesterday and just tested it out. I tried to pry up the edge of it with a prybar and it wasn't moving! WAY easiet than drilling or nailing or any of that crap.

[SOLOW55]

I used the same thing , had to come back at do it with concrete screws though didn't hold .

[alvarado gt]

Actually what you do is get a drill and drill into the concrete 3/4 to 1 inch. Then you get the screw that come with the plastic covers that are ment to secure stuff into concrete. I forgot what the screws are called but you can find them at any homedepot. This is the correct way to do what you need done. I'm suprised the instructions didn't tell you to do this, but then again no real man reads instructions lol.

Tapcon?

[02gtpony]

use concrete anchors and the matching screws, a concrete nailgun would split that little piece you are trying to connect to the concrete, or use liquid nails as mentioned above.

[bronco71]

Tapcon?

x2, Tapcon masonary screws. Drill a smaller hole with a masonary bit first, I think the correct bit comes in some of the bulk screw pkgs. Easy to remove and won't slip later... concrete anchors require a much larger hole than the Tapcon screws ;)

[GT98SVO]

I worked on a new K-Mart in a Alaska. I was in charge of drilling every hole in cement for the shelves.

We used Bosch and Hilti hammer drills. I liked the Bosch a lot better, but it would burn up. Bosch was faster and smoother. Hilti was more expensive too. I went through 2-3 Bosch and 2 Hilti for the whole store. It was a get er done task. Foreman said it was cheaper to buy more than slow down. We tried different bits, the Bosch were really good but expensive.

Concrete anchors may be overkill, try the concrete screws.

My brother, a carpenter, has the .22 shell setup in a variety of ways. One is a hammer-like tool.

[gtredline]

bought some laminate wood flooring and put it through alot of my house. now time to do the threshold and trim pieces. the pieces are t moldings basically. But there is this slotted plastic piece that is supposed to be connected to the floor and the t molding basically snaps into the slot...

the plastic slot has small holes where i guess you nail them into the floor. well, iv never done this before. im assuming you nail them with a nail gun? i have a pretty small nail gun that came with my pretty cheap air compressor at target. iv never even used the gun. what kind of nails do i need? will my small el cheap-o gun/compressor work?

I have a ram shot nail gun. Takes speacial 22 caliber bullets witha nail that has a plastic sheathed end. Fires like a gun (obviously) and anchors firmly in the concrete.