Steel studs Design Styles, Chimneys and Finish Discuss Steel studs in the Pizza Oven Design and Installation forums; I used these, had allot left over after building my deck. They also gave good compression when fastening thruogh the ...

[wlively]

I used these, had allot left over after building my deck. They also gave good compression when fastening thruogh the Vermiculite concrete layer.

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[Dino_Pizza]

Mike, my-bad, the Tap-cons are BLUE (in California and other states too). I just realized I bought some blue Tap-cons months ago and the drill bit they sell for it to mount an angle bracket to my outer arch for but-dressing (boy, did I just bring up an old-dead-horse-of-a-post or what).

So, 3 Tap-Cons per side, about 3-4" deep (assuming a 5'-6' side and back of the oven base) sound about right? I don't have a vermiculite/conc layer, just the 4" slab.

Thanks, Dino

[Ken524]

That should hold 'er down fine Dino.

[mfiore]

How do you avoid the rebar in the concrete when drilling down?

[Ken524]

Originally Posted by mfiore

How do you avoid the rebar in the concrete when drilling down?

In my particular project, luck was involved

I ran into rebar a couple of times with the drill (or maybe tough rocks). I pulled out the drill and made a new hole.

[mfiore]

Originally Posted by Ken524

In my particular project, luck was involved

I was afraid you'd say that. I don't seem to have much lately.

[wlively]

Don't worry too much about it, if you hit one just move over. I vaguely remembered the general area of rebar and did not hit one. Unless you really packed them in, the odds are in your favor.

[blacknoir]

Hey guys, don't mean to hijack this thread but thought you might know. Can you mount a steel track on top of concrete blocks? Between my oven and fireplace I'll be putting in counters which I wanted to build out of steel frame but I need to put a layer of concrete block down first to lift it up and act as a retaining wall. So I'll have a cement slab with a rectangle of cement block and I'm trying to figure out a way to build some steel frame cabinets on top of that.

Thanks,
Shay

[CanuckJim]

Sure, use Tapcons to secure them.

Jim

[blacknoir]

Yeah? cool, my main concern was the walls of the blocks would be too thin to drill and screw into from the top vs the side.