brick screws

Never used em but told they are brill!!

 

Just remember not to drill into mortar as it will just crumble

 

Is it the 'torx' fixings? thats what we call them anyway. We've started using them for fitting uPVC windows instead of frame anchors. They're 7.5mm diam and we just drill a clearance hole of 6.5mm then the screw threads itself into the brick and they're rock solid. plus the head is a torx bit so there is less chance of the bit slipping.

Stu

 

I'm assuming you're talking about these Multi-monti things Screwfix are selling.

Mine were ****, half of them sheared. If they can take the torques required to get them into the hole, they're probably quite good.

 

I think it depends on the density of the bricks themselves, I used to live in an area of the country where the bricks were quite soft (yellow stock bricks) I've now moved to a different part of the country & the bricks here are hard as stone!! On a 8mm hole, a cordless (18v) hammer drill is pathetically useless, a 750W hammer drill gets there slowly so I now use my SDS machine -ahhh!!- I doubt if you could use brick screws in these bricks!