Collaborative post. When we buy a new home or even after years of living in our homes we get to the stage when we decide we need to make improvements. These may be substantial changes or limited to just a part of our home. It helps to have some knowledge of what we will need to perform certain home improvement tasks. I’m sure many of you DIY’ers found my post about Lift-Off Hinges interesting and helpful. Therefore, I’ve continued on with another DIY related post. This post looks at Using Coach Bolts in Your Home. Anyone that has done a complete refurbishment within their home is likely to have used coach bolts during the process.
Using Coach Bolts in Your Home
What are Coach Bolts?
Coach bolts are designed to be used with wood. These bolts differ from other bolt types as a result. They are often available in 3 different finishes zinc plated, galvanised, and stainless steel. They are also available in different sizes from small which are commonly used in home DIY projects to large which are used in big construction projects.
When Are Coach Bolts Used?
These are suitable for applications that require a greater level of security, such as timber joist construction and decking. The finish determines what the bolt will be used for. Zinc plated coach bolts are used to bolt 2 or 3 wooden joists together. Galvanised coach bolts are for outdoor use. They are used for fences and on building work that is exposed to the elements. Where there is high pollution or in coastal regions, stainless steel coach bolts are used.
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Are Coach Bolts the Same as Coach Screws?
Coach bolts and coach screws although similar in name are different in design and application. Coach bolts are machine threaded fasteners. These need to be secured with a matching nut or a threaded insert. These are used to fasten pieces of wood together or metal to wood. These can be very useful when there is little access to either side of the bolt when fastening. These bolts have a square under the head, this bites into the timber on the head side stopping it from turning and allowing you to fasten it if you have access to the nut side.
A Coach screw on the other hand has a coarse single wood thread designed to be fixed into timber. It’s a ‘single-component’ fixing. Although normally fixed into timber, it can also fix them into nylon wall plugs making a heavy duty fixing into masonry without the need for nuts due to the single thread is designed to fix straight into the timber. These are mostly used for timber to timber applications. They can also be used when attaching metal to timber, or timber to masonry.
Now that you know a little more about these you’ll be able to assess whether using coach bolts in your home is something you need to do on your next project.
Do you enjoy doing DIY in your home? Do you have any up and coming projects to do in your home? If not, what would you like to do to your home if you could?
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This is the first time that I hear about Coach bolts to be completely honest. This is great and very informative. Thanks for the recos.
Thanks Chad. I’m glad you learnt something new.
These sound like good bolts. I will have to tell my husband about them.
I’m sure he will find it helpful next time he does a big DIY project.
We have never done any major renovations, but are considering maybe creating a mudroom that connects to the garage. It’s not something we would trust ourselves to do though.
It’s not for everyone and can depend on the complexity of the work. It’s interesting to know how things work and to be aware of the essentials for safety.
I do DIY projects at home but only small scale ones. If it requires bigger projects, I leave them up to professionals. I will keep this information in mind and suggest their use if we do get to do some home renovations.
It can be best to leave the bigger ones to professionals. We tend to do a lot of work ourselves and also get specialists in whom we oversee for some projects.
I enjoy DIY being done in my house, but I don’t do it myself. I feel very lucky that my fiance and his dad are great at all things like this so I don’t even need to think about it haha x
That is handy that you have people that can do it. I bet they do a great job too. It’s nice to have rooms refurbished once in a while for a change.
I was not familiar with this type of construction. It is interesting how homes can differ so much!
It certainly is. The products used within them also differ depending on requirements.
Hi Melanie – You must have been reading my mail LOL. While we don’t enjoy “DIY” for our house and we don’t need a complete refurbishment, we do have a handful of household projects that we need to hire for.
Aahhhh what timing. I hope it goes well. It’s not enjoyed by all but it’s important to get the right people and make sure the work is done properly.
My husband and I are weekend warriors and take on a lot of DIY projects on the weekend. Thank you so much for explaining this – very helpful!
That’s great, I bet you get through quite a bit together. Your home must look amazing!!!
I never heard of these bolts before but good to know for those remodeling and reconstructing!
It can be useful next time you go to do a big project in your home.
Interesting that these provide more security. Who doesn’t want that? I’ll share this with my husband.
It is important that work done in your home is safe, especially with so many rogue builders you should be aware of items that are essential.
I know just what you are talking about. I didn’t know the name of them though. Now I do. 🙂
Ha, that’s good to hear. You learn something new every day x
Great information! I have never heard of a coach bolt before and now I want to learn more for my home!
You may come across the smaller ones when doing some projects at home. It does help to know what to use to ensure projects are done safely.
We’re not DIY experts, but yes, we enjoy doing DIY projects over here. We’ve actually finished a lot of DIY projects in the last couple of years and we’re going to start a new project soon.
Oh wow, sounds like you do a fair amount of DIY it can be quite exciting and lovely to see t all completed.
It is always good to know what to do to keep your home safe. Those sound like some great products!
They are good bolts and important to use correctly.
I never heard of these bolts before! Very interesting! Shared them with hubby who is always working on remodeling and building!
I am sure he probably knows about them in that case but you never know. I hope his next project goes well.
Now this is interesting! Coach bolts is new to me.
I’m glad you learnt something new on your visit.
This is the first time I’ve heard about this Coach bolts. This is a very informative post I am surely going to check out more about this!
Frankly, this is my first time to learn about coach bolts. I’m not into DIY stuff yet but my hubby is so will share this to him.
I have little knowledge about these bolts, but they sound great! I’ll share this with my husband who enjoys doing DIY work in our home 🙂
Coach bolts are machine threaded – really? Surely real coach bolts on 18th and some 19th century coaches were made by very skilled blacksmiths threaded by hand.
We’re talking more about those used in home refurbishments rather than those used in coaches years back x