Metal Rawl Plug Thing Removal

[sneijder]

I picked up the keys to the new Sneijder towers this evening.

One niggly thing before I start painting, how do I get these feckers out :



Am I right in thinking I should buzz them a bit with a drill, and they'll drop to bits ?

Thanks.

[B17NNS]

Knock it through. Fill and sand.

[Simpo Two]

Haven't seen those before - what do they look like before use?

[YesItsARover]

Fisher fixing?
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33559/Fixings/Cavity...


Smash it through and fill as suggested!

[mgtony]

That'll be a hollow wall anchor. Uses a gun to fix in place, then a 5mm or 6mm threaded bolt to fix. A fairly decent fixing, used them before for radiator brackets and battening.

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsessionid=TMKHU...

To remove, use a countersink bit or a 10mm drill in it, once the face bit falls off, tap the rest back in the cavity.

[poo at Paul's]

i too would knock them in and fill etc.

But work out what was there, and what you need in the room, they may be useful!!

[Ferg]

If you drill, they spin and masacre the wall. I gently peel that flat circle off and the remainder falls through.

[Skyedriver]

Ferg said:

If you drill, they spin and masacre the wall. I gently peel that flat circle off and the remainder falls through.

Agree with Ferg there

mgtony, they are NEVER in the right place, nothing ever is!

[sneijder]

Ferg said:

If you drill, they spin and masacre the wall. I gently peel that flat circle off and the remainder falls through.

Thanks for the advice chaps. What do you do to peel the circle off ? Go at it with some needle nose pliers ?

There must be 20 of them scattered about.

[GarryA]

Put the screw back in a couple of turns and lightly tap the screw in with a hammer until it comes loose, then chop it with a dremel.

[Pints]

If you can lever enough of it away from the wall, using the method above, could you not get a long-nose pliers in and just pull the whole thing out? I did that with two I had to remove from a bathroom wall.

[shimmey69]

I presuming the wall is brick?? If it's got those hulking great things in it?

I would screw bolts in to them and them use a claw hammer to remove it just like a nail, its worked for me in the past on various different fitting.

[mgtony]

For those interested, this is what it'll look like on the rear of the board:

Don't go pulling it straight out if it fully opened as the picture (there will be no way of telling anyway). You'll end up with a huge repair to the wall to deal with.
The original hole will only be about 10mm, so the less damage removing it, the smaller and easier the repair.

[furtive]

mgtony said:

Don't go pulling it straight out if it fully opened as the picture (there will be no way of telling anyway). You'll end up with a huge repair to the wall to deal with.

I learnt this the hard way many years ago...

[Mad Dave]

Use pliers to twist the head until it snaps, then push the rest into the wall and sand.

[sneijder]

Done it now.

Got a screw, put it in a bit, bang bang with a hammer and snap the head off with some pliers. The body falls off inside the wall and just fill the hole.

Job done.