Posted by Stephen Newell on September 20, 2020 at 04:40:29 from (107.77.200.11):
In Reply to: Anchoring to concrete posted by JimS on September 19, 2020 at 19:51:17:
A lot depends on your environment there. If where you are putting an awning is out in the open and you get high winds the wind will eventually tear anchors out of the concrete. If conditions warrant it might be necessary to either cut the slab and put posts in concrete or at least bore a deep hole filled with concrete and put J-bolts in the concrete. I've done one where I just put the posts just outside the slab and just make the awning extend a little outside the concrete. I had to replace an awning that someone did attach to a slab with mechanical fasteners. Here and there it pulled chunks of concrete out where you can tell the fastener did do it's job. The wind was just too much for it.
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