Husband and I tried to fit some wall lights last night. We drilled the holes, but then found that the rawl plugs were turning in the holes once we started tightening the screws. It's an old flat and the walls can be quite crumbly. We did drill far enough into the masonary, but it appears we obviously drilled with a drill bit that was slightly too large. Is there any easy way to solve this now?
I saw in an answer to another post, someone was recommending resin to squirt in the holes, then pushing the rawl plug in. Is this maybe the best solution? I'll buy some larger rawl plugs, but the holes now seem to be so cr*p that I'm worried they still won't hold well enough....
And, to add more worry, we have a massive set of wall mounted shelves to put back up at the weekend and I'm worried we'll have the same problem. Should we be drilling holes with a drill bit slightly smaller than the rawl plug? The husband says it's hard to control the hammer drill when it hits the masonary, so the holes he's drilling sometimes end up bigger than required.... Any advice gratefully received.
I saw in an answer to another post, someone was recommending resin to squirt in the holes, then pushing the rawl plug in. Is this maybe the best solution? I'll buy some larger rawl plugs, but the holes now seem to be so cr*p that I'm worried they still won't hold well enough....
And, to add more worry, we have a massive set of wall mounted shelves to put back up at the weekend and I'm worried we'll have the same problem. Should we be drilling holes with a drill bit slightly smaller than the rawl plug? The husband says it's hard to control the hammer drill when it hits the masonary, so the holes he's drilling sometimes end up bigger than required.... Any advice gratefully received.