a 10’x10′ gazebo from Target<\/a>. It’s pretty cool, but I am not sure how long it will last in the Texas sun. It came with tie-downs, but I wanted to secure it a bit better by fastening it directly to our patio. So, I went to Home Depot and bought some screws that are supposed to be for concrete, and also bought the drill bit that is specially made for it. It had a carbide tip and was the correct size for the screws. In fact, they sell the bit and screws as a set. Well, that drill bit lasted for just a little over one single hole in our patio. What a piece of crap. Maybe our patio is partially made out of diamond… I don’t know. I was planning on putting in 16 screws to hold down the gazebo, but only managed one hole with that drill bit. I figured that I would just put the one screw in, and then see about getting a different “better” bit. But when I was driving that screw in that was specifically designed for concrete, the screw broke, leaving a sharp metal stub exposed about 1\/4″, perfect for mangling feet. Luckily, my vise-grip pliers were strong enough to get it out. I was so mad. I don’t recommend using Tapcon equipment. It’s crap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This past weekend, I put together a 10’x10′ gazebo from Target. It’s pretty cool, but I am not sure how long it will last in the Texas sun. It came with tie-downs, but I wanted to secure it a bit better by fastening it directly to our patio. So, I went to Home Depot and … Continue reading Screwed<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s9Fk3x-screwed","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22590\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takoyaki.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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