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Hi

I've taken a wrought-iron window grate (not sure if that's what it's called) off the wall at the front of my house to paint it and during this one of the heads of the bolts has come off entirely and the bolt is stuck in the wall. The bolt is about three or four inches long and I'm struggling to get pliers on it to screw it out of the brick. Has anyone got any tips to get it out? And if I fill the hole with mortar repair cement can I just redrill and screw in a replacement bolt?

Hi nick17,
Use a masonry drill a bit larger than the bolt and drill directly above it to the full depth of the bolt. Using a punch drive the bolt into the new hole so you can remove it. Use anchorfix to fill the holes when you refit the grating but make this the last bolt you fit - it will only need pushing into the anchorfix but be quick you only get a few minutes before it sets rock hard.
Regards S

Thanks very much!