Section 3: Sub Floor

Securing HAVEN in concrete sub floor

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The best and easiest way to install your HAVEN Lock into concrete is a via a Concrete Anchor Screw. The most popular version is called TapCon. Tapcon is the #1 recognized screw anchor brand in the industry with unmatchable performance in concrete, block and brick applications, making it a viable alternative to expansion anchors, plugs and lag shields.

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Tools needed:

• 1 Drilling the Holes
  When drilling into concrete, it is best to drill 1/2 inch lower than the screw will go into the concrete. With the 1.75 inch concrete screw, make a hole that is about 2.25 inches.

  Use a 5/32 drill bit to make your hole. The needs to be slightly smaller than the 3/16 TapCon screw.

  Make sure to use a hammer drill when drilling into concrete.
• 2 Cleaning Holes
  

  You absolutely must clean out the hole you have made in the concrete before you install the TapCon concrete screw. Used compressed air if possible. Make sure there is little to no debris inside the drilled hole. A shop vac will also work to clean the hole.

  Proceed to Lesson 3-3 Drilling Pilot Holes into Concrete.
• 3 Prepare Your HAVEN
  

  Place HAVEN on the four pilot holes you have drilled. If you haven't drilled them yet, go back to Lesson 2-5: Drilling Pilot Holes into Concrete. Your HAVEN should align perfectly with the four pilot holes. If not, you have a problem. You might have to go back and make sure your pilot holes were correctly marked before you drilled them. If this has happened, please contact us and we will help you will some pointers or go ahead and make another pilot hole that matches the four holes on HAVEN.

  Now, you should have already taken off the locking gate cover. If you have not, go ahead and remove the four screws on the front of HAVEN and take off the cover.

  Your HAVEN should be placed over the four pilot holes you drilled. In order to place the anchors, you need to push the nylon strap to the side of each hole.
• 4 Secure Your HAVEN

  This is the easy part. Now that you have the hole created and cleaned out, we can drill HAVEN into the concrete using the TapCon concrete screw.

  Line up your HAVEN (with the top gate off) on the holes you have drilled. Make sure it is aligned properly. Move aside the nylon strap so the TapCon can be placed in the hole.

  Slowly screw in each TapCon into each one of the 6 holes in your HAVEN with a power drill. Try to drill slow and steady, make sure you are going straight down and that the concrete screw is not slanted to the side.

  Screw in the TapCon until it can not go further. Do not try to go beyond as you may strip the screw head.

  Congrats, your HAVEN is now secured into your concrete floor!
• 5 Replacing the Lock Gate Cover
  

  Now that your HAVEN is secured to the floor, You need to replace the locking gate cover. Make sure your door is open. Walk outside to get a good angle, and used the 6 screws you removed to replace the cover to HAVEN
• 6 Securing HAVEN in a Carpet Cutout (if applicable)

  If you are installing HAVEN to the subfloor in a Carpet Cutout installation. Reattach the carpet to the subfloor on the backside of the HAVEN lock with a tack strip or double sided carpet tape. If you fail to do this the carpet will rise up and create a gap after HAVEN is installed.