What fixings to use? Raw plugs?

[prceramics]

Yeah blues are for a 8mm hole

 

[Stef]

The plug should be tight in the hole, not spinning, use a smaller bit and use plugs that have a lip on the edge to stop them pushing past the tile.

Bri, I always tell sparks/plumbers to push the rawl plug past the tile & into the substrate

There is no give in a tile & if they over tighten the screw then it will crack the tile, especially ceramics.

I've seen a lot & sorted a lot of these problems round about shower screens etc..

 

[robbieee]

Bri, I always tell sparks/plumbers to push the rawl plug past the tile & into the substrate

There is no give in a tile & if they over tighten the screw then it will crack the tile, especially ceramics.

I've seen a lot & sorted a lot of these problems round about shower screens etc..

Should i not use a raw plug then?
Or something like this:

Fischer Plasterboard Plugs HDF 4mm (8ga) Pack of 100 | Screwfix.com

 

[Stef]

Should i not use a raw plug then?
Or something like this:

Fischer Plasterboard Plugs HDF 4mm (8ga) Pack of 100 | Screwfix.com

Put a red plug into a blue plug, fill the hole with Silicon push in the plugs, fill with more Silicon & leave to set!!!

You get longer metal fixings with a setting tool, can't remember the name of them. They would do the trick but the hole would need to be bigger again..

 

[AliGage]

Fischer do 8mm collared expandable plugs. Available at most diy stores.
Grey in colour, about 40mm. The collar will stop it going through the hole, when you tighten the screw it will expand and pull up behind th3 board. Just don't over righten the screw.
Infact righten by hand, don't be tempted to use a drill.

 

[Protilers]

here are the best plasterboard fixings I have ever come across......the "red" packet ones:

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page 21 and 22......I can live without them!

 

[Stef]

The ones on page 21 are the ones I was referring to,

Hollow wall anchors with the setting tool.

Best fixings I have found..

 

[Deleted member 1779]

The 8mm drills are for the 7mm brown rawl plugs

And the 6mm drills are for the red plugs (5.5mm)

The dimaond cores come in mixed packs of four (2 x 6mm and 2 x 8mm)

And the brown plugs are for load bearing items like mirrors, cupboards, shower screens and doors plus wall mounted rads.

The red plugs are for lighter items like loo roll holders, tooth brush holders, hooks etc. And some fittings.

You can also get other colour plugs.....

 

[Dan]

Don't mind me while I bump up some of the old threads. I wont be doing this much more. Just the last few in the Tile Drilling forum - How to Drill Porcelain Tiles. Just one of the many tiling advice forums.