What screws fit these anchors?

[Mander]

I have this packet of anchors that I'd like to use for hanging a towel rail but the included screws are missing. The packet helpfully only says they are included. What kind should I buy to replace them?

 

[opps]

A new packet is required.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Something like this: https://www.diy.com/departments/dia...lug-dia-13mm-l-32mm-pack-of-25/1511940_BQ.prd but they are only suitable for certain wall types and whatever you're fixing to the wall. It has to be exactly the right screw for the plug because the inside of the plug is threaded.

 

[opps]

Something like this: https://www.diy.com/departments/dia...lug-dia-13mm-l-32mm-pack-of-25/1511940_BQ.prd but they are only suitable for certain wall types and whatever you're fixing to the wall. It has to be exactly the right screw for the plug because the inside of the plug is threaded.

Your link doesn't work. It links back to the homepage of this site.

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Your link doesn't work. It links back to the homepage of this site.

Oh it's doing that again, try it now ...

 

[foxhole]

I have this packet of anchors that I'd like to use for hanging a towel rail but the included screws are missing. The packet helpfully only says they are included. What kind should I buy to replace them?

Correct size wood screw will work, unlikely those supplied in the packet would suit your use.

 

[opps]

Oh it's doing that again, try it now ...

Still bounces back

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Ahh well I can't be bothered anymore, @DIYnot should actually fix this once and for all.

 

[blup]

Use umbrella fixings (hollow wall anchors), they will cope better with the forces on a towel rail

 

[Mander]

Use umbrella fixings (hollow wall anchors), they will cope better with the forces on a towel rail

The space inside the wall is too small for those. It's one of those weird 1950s cardboard partitions and it's narrower than a modern stud wall. The wings are too long.

I found a forgotten packet of Fischer duo plugs and used those instead.

 

[opps]

Zip Fix might have been better.

They are like spring toggles but the screw can be removed and reinserted if required.

 

[opps]

Use umbrella fixings (hollow wall anchors), they will cope better with the forces on a towel rail

I often use those Interset umbrella) fittings but recently had a job where they started to fail under load... I had not realised that the walls were double skin plasterboard. They were too thick for my fittings to work properly, so I slightly enlarged the holes and used the Zip-Fix fittings. It wasn't plain sailing though, the rockwool in the wall made it difficult for the toggle part to drop down. I spent ages using a long screwdriver to push the rockwool out of the way.

 

[opps]

FWIW they do make interset fixings for double skinned walls. Mine were only suitable for single skins

fischer Metal cavity fixing HM 4 x 45 S B polybag

The fischer cavity metal anchor HM-S is a versatile cavity fixing with a metric screw for all panel building materials. The fixing is set with the fischer installation pliers HM-Z 1 in the pre-positioned installation. The fixing is pulled in the cavity against the board building material with...

www.fischer.co.uk