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  1. C

    What is the most effective type of screw / plug for weight to use in a part of the wall that has already been repaired with polyfilla?

    I had a Brantia internal washing line for maybe ten years until one day it came crashing down due to the weight demands put on it and it pulled the plug on one side out of the wall with a bit of the wall as well. The hooks on the other side were just fine, but on the other side there is a metal...
  2. MikeMarshall

    What kind of wall plug can be used with aluminium

    Hello, is there any one that know whether there are any kind of wall plugs a could use with 3mm aluminium? I want to hang something off a 3mm aluminium sheet but not use bolts so could i feesibly use say an hollow wall anchors or would it not bite? Thanks in advance. Mike
  3. T

    Plugs to replace curtain pole brackets in plasterboard???

    Hello :) Sorry if this is a stupid question but I'm a DIY newbie: I'm replacing curtain pole brackets as our previous brackets have bent under the weight of the curtains. I've removed the old brackets - There weren't any plugs in the wall apart from one very large metal (potentially...
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  4. R

    Screwing into a plasterboarded wall

    I’m going to try to put a tv on the wall but haven’t done any DIY before. It’s an external wall which is brick then plasterboard. I purchased Fischer Duopower 10 x 80s plugs which came with screws. The problem is I don’t have the right length drill bits or nut driver for those screws. I...
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