Metallics JTWA144 Bolt 1/4 X 4 Tie Wire Acoust Tog Bl St-zn (Jar 25)

The JTWA144 is a 1/4 inch by 4 inch tie wire acoustical toggle bolt in zinc plated steel. It is the anchor used to hang suspended ceiling grid, hanger wire, and light-duty conduit or fixture supports from hollow decks and hollow masonry or drywall, where a solid anchor has nothing to bite into. The spring-wing toggle passes through the hole, opens behind the material, and the attached tie wire gives you the loop to tie hanger wire off to.

A regular toggle bolt ends in a machine screw head you bolt something through. The tie wire version, like the JTWA144, comes with a wire loop in place of a flat fastening head, so you tie ceiling hanger wire directly to it instead of drilling and bolting a bracket. If you are hanging grid or wire, the tie wire type saves a step; if you are bolting a fixture box or plate flat to the surface, use a standard round or mushroom head toggle.

No. A toggle needs a void behind the material so the spring wings can open; in solid concrete there is nothing for them to bear against. For a poured deck use a concrete anchor or a shot-in ceiling clip. Save the JTWA144 for hollow deck, hollow block, drywall, and lath or plaster ceilings.

Each jar holds 25 of the 1/4 by 4 inch tie wire toggles. Metallics packs this item in a jar rather than a box, so for a ceiling job figure your hanger count per jar of 25 before you order.

The bolt and toggle are zinc plated steel. Zinc plating handles normal dry interior work, including plenum and above-ceiling locations. For exterior, wet, or corrosive environments a plated carbon steel anchor is the wrong choice; specify a stainless assembly instead.

Yes, it is carried as an electrical fastener and is the standard hollow-base hanger for acoustical ceiling and support wire in commercial electrical and ceiling trades. It gives you a 1/4 inch toggle with a wire loop for tying off hanger wire supporting grid, fixtures, or raceway hung from the deck.