the scrooz blog

Scrooz Expos in Brisbane and Sydney

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:05:05 +0000

Well were fresh off our recent National Trademan’s expo’s in Sydney and Brisbane and we had a great time meeting our customers face to face.

We had 2 very successful shows, and I’m glad to say we were very busy for the full 3 days of each show, the special offer decking screws and screwcases being [...]

Hollow Wall Anchors and how to use them.

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:16:09 +0000

Hollow wall anchors are very popular cavity type fixings for plasterboard, drywall and general board materials. Many plasterboard fixings work by biting into the board or expanding into the core material to get a ‘fix’, hollow wall anchors work by expanding in the cavity behind the board clamping the fixture and making a much stronger [...]

now open for online hand tools

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:37:43 +0000

We’re delighted to announce we’ve now launched our first wave of hand tools, some of the manufacturers we’re happy to be partnered with include Stanley, Irwin, Kincrome, Marshalltown and Axis along with many other big names and all items are now in stock and ready for sale at massively discounted prices here.

There’s a lot more [...]

raptr screws concrete fixings magazine feature

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:12:46 +0000

We were fortunate enough to get our new concrete self tapping raptr screw range featured in this months Australin Handyman magazine. Sadly it wasn’t a full feature but a mention is a mention none the less, so check it out if you have a spare minute, its on all major newstands, the magazine links here

Scrooz exhibiting in Brisbane

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:14:52 +0000

We’re exhibiting at several trade shows both this and next year, the most recent is the Hand on Expo series with the first show coming up on the 13th -15th November. If your in the area pop along to see us, we’ll be delighted to show you round our stand where we’ll be displaying our [...]

Stanley Tools joining Scrooz

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:03:11 +0000

We’re delighted to announce we have recently finalised a supply deal with Stanley Tools Australia. Stanley manufactures some excellent construction and building tools and we are looking forward to adding them to the core of our hand tool range, which, along with big product ranges from our other major supply partners, we are launching in [...]

what are batten screws ?

admin — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 06:09:27 +0000

Batten screws are pretty much an Australian invention, as an ‘outdoor’ nation we’re big into hard landscaping, decks and outdoor furniture and structures and we consume huge volumes of heavy duty fasteners for bolting timber together. Traditionally, coach screws have been the fastener of choice for a lot of timber joints but either the hexagon [...]

raptr screws : for fixing to hollow block and brick walls

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:53:54 +0000

We’ve just launched our new product raptr screws and we’re really excited about them so thought I’d let you know what they’re all about.

They are screw anchors designed to fix straight into masonry and concrete by cutting or sawing a thread as you drive them in, a bit like [...]

common bolt and fastener spanner size table

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:53:55 +0000

here’s a handy table for bolts and nuts with basic dimensions and spanner sizes etc, it covers Australian standard metric fasteners, so sorry rest of the world, the spanner sizes may be slightly different for you.

what are dynabolt or sleeve anchors

admin — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:24:40 +0000

a reasonable and popular question … and deserving of an answer I think.

First off, lets get the names right, sleeve anchors are the description of a type of expansion bolt for masonry and concrete while dynabolts are a brand. Dynabolt is made by Ramset in Australia and the name has taken on every marketeers dream [...]