Installer Tools List
This is a basic list that most professional installers would have.
Installing GRIDWORX often requires a variety of tools so work can be done quickly and safely.
In the sections below, we explain each of these tools and share why they are important for installers:
![]() | 4” grinder – use cutoff wheels for aluminum rails. A stone disc for smoothing cuts. A stone blade for modifying kerf in stone |
![]() | Box Cutter / Utility Knife – to cut things |
![]() | Carpenter or Framing Square – To keep things Square |
![]() | Chalk Line – Longer consistant demarkations |
![]() | Chop saw – with a metal blade for cutting aluminum. |
![]() | Drill bits – to create a hole in the Aluminum Channels Maybe a ¼” for pilot holes when they don’t align mounting holes on woodstuds or Concrete/CMU. |
![]() | Dual line laser level – To accurately set anchors and mullions A water level can also be used |
![]() | Hammer drill SDS driver preferred – Used for concrete anchors. 7/32” is the size for our #14 Conflex concrete anchors. |
![]() | Levels – Levels 4’, 2’ and a torpedo |
![]() | Measuring tape – Measuring tape a 16’, wide blade tape and a 50’ steel tape for checking course height |
![]() | Painter’s Tool or Masons Chisel – with the end blunted. 1” – 2” Wide Used to ‘set’ the L brackets. |
![]() | Pencils / Markers – To make marks and Indicators |
![]() | Personal Protective Gear – Safety Glasses, Hard Hat, Safety Vest, Set of ear plugs. |
![]() | Rubber Mallet – White preferably so as not to mar the stone face Or a rubber ‘dead blow’ hammer |
![]() | Small clamps – Needle-nose vise clamps 4” or 6”. Several pairs. These are used to hold horizontal members to vertical ones while installing the screws to attach |
![]() | Small Paint Brush – To clean out kerf on stone and clean off track for stone prior to setting on track |
![]() | String line and line blocks – for aligning the face of vertical mullions If applicable |
![]() | Wet saw. – Either hand held or with a table. Depends on the size of the job and the size of the stone to be cut |
![]() | ¼” Impact driver – use only for concrete anchors. DO NOT OVERDRIVE |
![]() | ⅜” hexhead drive bits – All of our fasteners use a ⅜” drive for your convenience. |
![]() | Screw Gun – A low speed, high torque driver is a necessity. Too high a drill speed will burn out the ‘self-drilling’ screw tips and waste a ton of screws. We recommend the Hilti ST 1800-A22. You can also use a Dewalt DCF622 (20vMax/XR) but we have found, the Hilti will last longer. |
![]() | Hammer drill (SDS driver preferred). Used for concrete anchors. 7/32” is the size for our #14 Conflex concrete anchors. |
![]() | ¼” Impact driver (use only for concrete anchors. DO NOT OVERDRIVE) |
![]() | Chop saw with a metal blade for cutting aluminum. |
![]() | Wet saw. Either hand held or with a table. Depends on the size of the job and the size of the stone to be cut |
![]() | 4” grinder ( use cutoff wheels for aluminum rails. A stone disc for smoothing cuts. A stone blade for modifying kerf in stone) |
![]() | Dual line laser level (To accurately set anchors and mullions) A water level can also be used |
![]() | Measuring tape( a 16’, wide blade tape and a 50’ steel tape for checking course height) |
![]() | Levels (4’, 2’ and a torpedo) |
![]() | Pencils / Markers |
![]() | Small clamps. Needle-nose vise clamps 4” or 6”. Several pairs. These are used to hold horizontal members to vertical ones while installing the screws to attach |
![]() | Drill bits to create a hole in the Aluminum Channels ( Maybe a ¼” for pilot holes when they don’t align mounting holes on woodstuds or Concrete/CMU.) |
![]() | Small Paint Brush (To clean out kerf on stone and clean off track for stone prior to setting on track) |
![]() | Painter’s Tool or Masons Chisel with the end blunted. ( 1” – 2” Wide) Used to ‘set’ the L brackets. |
![]() | Rubber Mallet (White preferably so as not to mar the stone face) Or a rubber ‘dead blow’ hammer |
![]() | Chalk Line |
![]() | Caulk gun
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![]() | String line and line blocks for aligning the face of vertical mullions (If applicable) |
![]() | Carpenter or Framing Square |
![]() | Box Cutter / Utility Knife |
![]() | Safety Glasses, Hard Hat, Safety Vest, Set of ear plugs. |