The Easiest Way to Fix Screws into Steel

[@CharlieDIYte]

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[@mijalic1]

Charlie = Man of Steel. Not all heroes wear capes.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Love that! Thanks mate 👊

[@benjmoff]

If you use a HSS bit slightly smaller than the self tapping screw first the screws go through a lot easier

[@kael13]

The whole point of this is that it’s self drilling so you don’t have to do that part first.

[@pgtips4240]

This is a brilliant tip! I am going to get those screws for sure!

[@Lewis714]

Extension looks amazing! Congratulations 🎉

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks. Getting there but still so much to do. 👊

[@johnthresher259]

Terrific looking kitchen and lovely house you have there Charlie. Well deserved given all the hard work you have put in!

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks John, really appreciate that. 👊

[@Kx110x]

Great information Charlie , the glimpses of the new kitchen look like you’ve made a fantastic job . So I’m looking forward to the big reveal . 👍

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks. Yes I think I'll do a vid on the kitchen at some point and we've learnt some interesting stuff doing it.

[@andyc972]

Thanks Charlie, looks like a very handy fixing for a number of situations ! Good to hear from you again. and pleased to hear you're finally "in" (looks fab btw), time to recharge your batteries and ease off a bit, looking forward to all the future content though !

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Andy. Good to hear from you. If only I could ease off. So much to do though unfortunately.

[@lorddyson6487]

Wish i saw this yesterday, had to fix through a steel bar (very rare for my work) and ended up using a hammer drill to punch through and now im sure i have tinnitus 😂

[@CharlieDIYte]

You have to be careful with your ears..I have tinnitus, I think from sanding floorboards in my 20s. Ear defenders are a must!

[@Simonsimon-fy3hq]

Pardon?

[@awt]

I've not tried the steel screws, but concrete screws are brilliant. I used them for framing out a bathroom for internal insulation, using a video from Robin Clevett as inspiration where he had used them. I can imagine it taking 2-3 times longer if I'd tried to use plugs.

[@CharlieDIYte]

They're great aren't they. Saved so much time putting up my studwork

[@JurassicJungle]

Thanks, the perfect solution to a challenge on my build

[@brianmarktyler7867]

Kitchen is looking fantastic love your videos.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Brian - really appreciated you watching them 👊

[@TheSadButMadLad]

I've used loads of Techfast screws to fasten the OSB boards on the inside of my metal workshop.Easily went into the metal. Only a few snapped or went blunt which was easily fixed by just using another screw.

[@CharlieDIYte]

They're awesome aren't they 👊

[@ellisfletcher3491]

Was lovely meeting you yesterday at makers central mate and thanks for the photo, hope to see you next year there 👍

[@CharlieDIYte]

You too. See you next year and thanks again for watching my vids 👊

[@johnhimal5913]

Thanks mate for this wonderful video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dougsaunders8109]

Right tool right job. 👍🏻 Biggest probable both pros and us mere mortal have is finding the products these day. Internet is a blessing and a curse. Lots of junk ‘wonder products’ around as well as the really well designed well-made ones.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Cheers Doug, appreciate that comment 👊

[@MalcolmJames-sg3zg]

nice kitchen Charlie 👍👍

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks Malcolm

[@plunder1956]

I had heard of a related complex fasting for installation of kitchen elements into concrete in an older house in Wales. Precast RC beams and Lintels have their own problems. I have a mix of both in my house because of it's age. Thanks for your Great Video on this topic I will be getting some of these fastenings. Bizarrely, decades ago I made several training and promo videos for CATNIC Steel Lintels (also in Wales). So I have seen how they were made and installed in the training centre. Earlier I worked on one of the biggest heavy industrial Steel framed buildings, the New Barkshire Brewery in Reading (late 70s) Sadly now very long demolished.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks for sharing that. So sad as you say, that these lovely old buildings are no longer.

[@attlee1945]

Brilliant video Charlie

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks, really chuffed you watched it 👊

[@robloseby3631]

Looking forward to the up and coming uploads

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks mate. 👊

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Amazing product, never heard of it, thanks for sharing !

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yes my plasterer was impressed too. I also used it to screw a timber to the underside of another steel so we didn't have the painstaking task of banging in noggins.

[@MikeAnderson6022]

Hi Charlie - really enjoy the channel (used expanding adhesive foam To fit dado rail after seeing your video !!) I’ve watched your old video on screwing into steel when fitting blinds and now having watched this one, I wondered what your thoughts might be on using these screws to fasten curtain pole brackets to plasterboard that is covering a steel lintel ? Cheers, Mike A

[@Pete.Ty1]

👍👍👍. Thank you

[@CharlieDIYte]

You're welcome. Good to hear from you. 👊

[@jobloggs6528]

The wings do the job of counterboring the hole larger than the thread, to ensure the screw head pulls the baton/sheet onto the steel. Modern builders don’t seem to understand this vital point!

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks. Yes I made that point in the vid. 👍

[@tullgutten]

When drilling in steel then preedrill with a drill the same size as the "web" of the largest drill the web is the smallest diameter of the drill tip where it doesn't really cut anything. If you go much larger than the web or use several drills in small steps it usually breaks the drill either at the very start or in the middle since there is only force on the very edge

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks for sharing 👊

[@lazylad8544]

Always handy to see a newish product. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work. 👍👍

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks 👊

[@imprezaaudi]

I use small drill bit around 3mm and increase the size of bits to desired size. I find once a small hole is through the steel its much easier from then on

[@CharlieDIYte]

I agree.. Always easier to start with a small bit although with those mag drills large bits if sharp go through like a knife through butter.

[@mathewgallimore1484]

Could you also add some cutting fluid to help?

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yes I'm sure you could.. It's greasy stuff though so you'd want to put a waterproof mat down.

[@clivewilliams3661]

Sorry to say that Tec screws have been around for decades but tend to get more use now with the advent of more powerful cordless drills. They are good for the use shown here but if any real loads are applied to steelwork then the appropriate connection must be mafde i.e. bolting or welding.

[@CharlieDIYte]

Yep, I didn't say they hadn't been but that I only discovered them recently. Fair point about bolting. It's a light weight application I've put them to.

[@davidharding3058]

Good morning Charlie As in all cases you have a good product & bad I've been in the metal work industry all my life. Self drillers always work better if you pre drill one size smaller in drill size. But as in there description self drillers umm . Yes in sheet metal up to around 3 mm But not a given. Yes it's quicker than drilling and tapping In some cases. By the way this is not a negative it's just to highlight the possible negatives. That can and do happen. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🍻

[@CharlieDIYte]

Thanks David. I agree. Drilling metal is not straightforward. We were doing some soft furnishings in an apartment in the old Arsenal Highbury stadium several years ago and the steel there was impenetrable. Got through so many drill bits.

[@dan7777]

6 days after spending about 45 minutes gettting 2 screwsd into a middle support bracket into a steel lintel! 😁

[@opentrail]

amazing. i did not know they even existed

[@CharlieDIYte]

I was blown away with how well they worked too. Thanks for watching 👊

[@truth3358]

When’s the next video coming out seem to be missing a long video

[@sandrinakeffufal6008]

Wow those screws made short work of 20mm steel !!!

[@CharlieDIYte]

I know! I couldn't believe it!!

[@bascodelagamma]

👍

[@ZylonFPV]

How about a kitchen tour vs the old kitchen? 😊

[@CharlieDIYte]

Nice idea. I'll add that to the list. 👊

[@ZylonFPV]

@@CharlieDIYte 🙂

[@MatSmithLondon]

Did you say through 20mm of steel? 20mm?!!?! Do you know the density? I tried using these screws through 12mm (46 density I think) and it was a complete and utter nightmare!

[@THE-AIDEN-PROJECT]

👀

[@CharlieDIYte]

Not sure I understand that one, mate.

[@Swwils]

​@@CharlieDIYteAiden screwed this up 🤣

[@hifiandmtb]

You have to drive these screws in perfectly plumb - if you are even a little off, the cut doesn't happen correctly & you end up having grief.

[@CharlieDIYte]

That'll be why I struggled with a couple. Thanks 👊