Recent content by JonUK

Thanks John! :) When I've got say 2 up, I guess I can drill through the other 6 holes while it's temporarily hanging to get a good pilot, take it off, then finish them.

Hey all, I thought I'd ask here first before cracking on with my drill... Basically I'm about to hang up a pull up bar in my garage. This is the wall with the points marked out to drill into. But as you can see, the block work seems to not be particularly dense These are the supplied...

No time like the present! I'll try with a small pilot hole first (I'm not sure if there's a catnic either, so I may end up with a bit of steel to contend with). I'm going to attempt without the batten, and I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks for your help John :D

Haha! Yea, Virgin Media drilled into it without checking for pipework first (rookie error). Nice tip, thank you, I thought the dryline pro's were a bit OTT. Maybe if I'm hanging a TV! Last question, do I need to use a timber batten to fix the rail to? Some people have advised that I do this...

Hey John, I had to have a small square cut out of the wall once (long story) but as you can see there's quite a gap because services runs occur in the void. (See below) I'm not sure of the exact void but thinking about it it may be more like 15mm (given the size of a standard copper pipe)...

Hey, I'm new here and I'm hoping someone can advise me on the best way to hang a curtain rail on a dot & dab wall. Can I... a) Just use standard rawl plugs and ignore the void between the plasterboard/block? b) Shell out for something like dryline pro plugs, which seem very expensive and over...