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Thomas G. Marshall
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Putting Nails Into Concrete Walls
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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 01:14:54 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
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*In my experience* you should *not* use the ones which look like merely
blue
Philips head screws. Use the ones which have a hex cap on them and use a
socket wrench: the Philips heads are just too hard to keep a Philips bit
or
driver in---the concrete provides too much resistance. Again, IME.
Did you use the TapCon screwdriver bit or just one that seemed to fit.
It does make a difference.
One that fit. If the tapcon is actually one of those philips that can also
take a square-recess, then my comments need to be modified.
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