Winged fastener, building construction utilizing a winged fastener and method of use of a winged fastener

A building construction comprising:

• a polymer bracket having a central body, a first wall and a second wall, the first wall extending from a distal end of the central body and the second wall extending from a proximal end of the central body;
• a first wall support positioned on an inner surface of the first wall;
• a substrate having an outer surface, with the second wall of the polymer bracket being coupled thereto;
• a cladding positioned over an outside wall of the first wall of the polymer, thereby sandwiching the first wall of the polymer bracket between the cladding and the first wall support;
• a winged fastener extending through an opening in each of the cladding, the first wall and the first wall support, wherein the opening in the first wall and the first wall support was formed by the winged fastener, and the opening in the first wall is larger than that of the first wall support, with the fastener threaded into the opening of the first wall support.

A method of forming a building construction comprising the steps of:

• providing a polymer bracket having a central body, a first wall and a second wall;
• positioning a first wall support on an inside of the first wall;
• positioning a cladding on an outside of the first wall, to, in turn, sandwich the polymer bracket between the cladding and the first wall support;
• providing a winged fastener, the winged fastener having a head, a threaded portion, at least one wing extending from a shaft thereof and a self drilling portion opposite the head;
• directing the winged fastener through an opening of the cladding;
• directing the winged fastener into contact with the first wall of the polymer bracket;
• forming an opening in the first wall of the polymer bracket with the winged fastener;
• enlarging the opening with the at least one wing of the winged fastener;
• directing the winged fastener into the first wall support;
• forming an opening in the first wall support;
• breaking off the at least one wing by the wall support, as the at least one wing comes into contact with the first wall support so that the opening in the first wall support is smaller than that of the first wall;
• and
• threading the threaded portion of the winged fastener into the first wall support.