Drilled hole in wall, too big. How to fix?
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sparkythecat said:
Sheepshanks said:
Having now seen the picture: seriously? Just hammer a couple of picture hooks into the wall.
No point making a load of muck and mess drilling and plugging a 6mm hole when you can just hammer in a 2mm steel pin. The picture is about 120cm long and maybe 40cm deep, in a box frame. I haven't weighed it, but I would estimate maybe 5kg all in.
It's positioned just above a bed headboard, so if it fell off the wall it could have serious consequences.
Given that, I decided to err on the side of caution, and use screw-in hooks.
They are definitely overkill - I have used the same hooks to hang pictures more than triple the size - but I figured it was better to be safe than sorry!
You can tell people are at home and bored can't you, 3 pages of how to drill a brick wall for a plug n screw - i'm surprised we haven't examined the make of drill you were using and advised a different brand yet, or the colour of the paint on the wall.
Anyhow OP, you should have used a 16mm rawlbolt and a Hilti drill.
Anyhow OP, you should have used a 16mm rawlbolt and a Hilti drill.
Wickes (and probably the others) do this:
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Wet-%27N%27-Fix-Pac...
Basically plaster of paris impregnated strips which you wet and wrap round the wall plug before stuffing it in the 'orrible 'ole.
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I have an opened box in the cupboard
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Wet-%27N%27-Fix-Pac...
Basically plaster of paris impregnated strips which you wet and wrap round the wall plug before stuffing it in the 'orrible 'ole.
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I have an opened box in the cupboard
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