a planar metal base where the base is positioned substantially at right angles normal to the longitudinal axis of the leg and where at the planar location that the leg joins to the base the base surrounds the latitudinal cross sectional perimeter of the leg with some area of base material extending on all sides of this joint the base has two major faces identified by the orientation presented when the veneer anchor is installed the face oriented towards the inner wythe is identified as the base surface or mounting surface and the face oriented towards the outer wythe is the outer surface the preferred embodiment of the inboard leg extends outwards from the mounting surface of the veneer anchor anchoring systems for cavity walls are used to secure veneer facings to a building and overcome tension and compression from seismic and other forces i e wind shear etc in the past some systems have experienced failure because the forces have been concentrated at substantially a single point here the term pinpoint loading refers to an anchoring system wherein forces are concentrated at a single point in addition to that which occurs at the facing wythe attention is further drawn to the construction at the exterior surface of the inner or backup wythe here there are two concerns namely maximizing the strength of the securement of the surface mounted wall anchor to the backup wall and as previously discussed minimizing the interference of the anchoring system with the insulation the first concern is addressed using appropriate fasteners such as for mounting to masonry block the properly sized concrete threaded anchors with expansion sleeves or concrete expansion bolts and for mounting to metal dry.