Best Bolts

[westcoast]

Hi,

I'm in the process of knocking up a canopy (aka eyebrow) to shade the front bedroom of my house. The house is bluestone with redbrick coins. I will get the place repointed soon so I want to but the canopy up with dynabolts or similar but be able to take it down when the repointers come in....which bolts do you recommend for ease of removal later. (I will be fixing into the old red bricks.)

Thanks

[Burnsy]

Ramset plugs and bolts - the 10mm orange ones. You can get the bolts as large philips screws if you want to counter sink them into the timber. Don't use Dyna bolts, you will never get them out.

Ramset plugs are designed to be pushed in through the timber as well as the wall so buy plugs that allow for your timber thickness. The bolts shear pretty easily when you are tightening them up if they are two tight. If you feel you are using too much force to tighten them up, back them right out and go again. If it is still hard, get a shorter bolt. If you snap them off you are screwed.

[Make it work]

Hi WC,
Have a look th this, a screwbolt ticks all the boxes you asked for.

http://www.powers.com.au/products/focus.aspx?bgid=25

Also available in different head styles.

Edit:
Another option, these are great, just use a bolt into after installing and can be removed as many times as you wish. only down side is the hole size is a bit big but that is the only one.

http://www.powers.com.au/products/focus.aspx?bgid=17

[westcoast]

Thanks very much - there's a couple of good options there. I've used the Ramset ones before but was wondering whether they would be difficult to remove given that the plastic plug will presumably be crushed against both the timber and the brick when fixing. I gues a gentle pry with a wrecking bar would probably free it without damaging the bricks.