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Hi,
I have bought a ground anchor to lock my bikes to, but I'm wondering where to position it.
My workshop/bike storage is fairly small and while it has a concrete floor I can see the anchor being a hazard if it is fixed to the floor.
Will fixing it to a brick wall offer as much security? I'm thinking not, but I know nothing about building materials.
Thanks,
dan
Unless the masonry used to build the wall is actually solid - not bricks/blocks laid side by side to form the width - then the fixing isn't going to be 'great'.
Why not fix the anchor right next to / abutting the wall. That way it's no more of a hazard than if it was wall mounted.
Fixing it into brickwork will not provide as much strength as the concrete, but it will provide the most strength if you drill into the actual brick rather than the mortar.
Cheers, it's as I suspected. The floor it is then, against the wall and under the bikes.
ta,
dan
make sure you leave enough romm for the chain to fit round between the anchor and the wall, and still give enough 'length' for the chain to fit round the bike/parts you want locked up.
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It's worth taking some time planning/playing with this, to get the position right.
I went with the Kryptonite anchor, which is a large (larger than I was expecting) disk shaped lump, so should be no issues with room for locks as the shackle is going to be a good 5 or 6cm from the wall.
Once in it is set for life, so yes - I'll be spending a fair bit of time with positioning it!
I have one in the floor for the expensive stuff, and one in the wall for the cheap ass stuff.
If you resin the plugs into the wall, rather than just use the Std fixings, its less likely the anchor can be crow barred out of the wall. In fact you'd probably have to chisel the mortar out, so if you spread the plugs over a number of bricks, thats a LOT of noisy work.
Concrete is still better.