Sectional Concrete Garage

[Deanarse]

Just had one of these installed from Lidget concrete and am very happy with it.

I want to put up a tool board at the rear of the garage. I have bought 9mm MDF and have managed to put up one board so far with screws and rawlplugs. Here is my problem:

My hammer drill and bits arent powerful enough to drilll into the concrete.

My SDS drill is too aggresive and has put a hairline crack in one section.

Can anyone help me in choosing the best method to hang the mdf? I dont want to drill any more in case I do serious damage. Lidget offer these clips that go onto your existing panel fastners but they seem a bit over the top as I need wooden battons to accompany them.

Are there any fastners that exist to simply hang the MDF?

Thanks guys

 

[Deluks]

Had this question before some time ago. .
Depending on how the panels fix together, some bolt side to side and some bolt outside to in.

Best bet to fix brackets from the panel bolts to some batten and fix the mdf to that. Mine has coach bolts coming through from the outside, so a doddle to drill hole in a bit of wood and slot it over the bolts. Then can hang shelves, boards whatever to it.

If that's not doable drill small holes between the panel joins WITHOUT hammer action, and use small concrete screws into these holes.

Or Any large sheet material fixed on with no more nails/gripfill or suchlike, The large surface area for the adhesive will mean this'll stay on the wall forever.

 

[brewhut]

I had a similar problem. I had a concrete sectional garage installed from Hansons. I wanted to line the whole inside and use batterns. They told me I must not drill into the panels or they will crack!

I got round it by adding 3 x 2 balanced on top of the panels on the inside and screwed them to the facier. Then I used the hole in the top (for trusses) to connect a plate between the panel and the 3x2. Did this on all panels. Where panels join I filled with foam then used 'no more nails' on each side of the joining panel. 3 x 1 batterns went on this. At the top of each battern I used an hex screw to hold the battern to the 3 x 2 on the top of the panels. Later I used 8' x 2' t&g chip wood (green one) vertically and screwed to batterns. It worked ok in that panels were 2' wide, so T&G join was over the battern.

Also painted walls with dpc and then insulation. And Anticondesation paint on chipwwood. So looking down my layers are:

Panel
dpc
air gap
insulation
air gap
chip board
anitcondensation paint
final finsish

I also used stainless steel perforated sheet cut to shape in the eaves. to let air in, but no wasps, rodents etc

Very warm, like a house. Can screw shelfs up etc..

Hope it's of use

 

[dazarooney]

I've got this issue as well, thanks for the advice!


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