Recent content by vezco

Thank you so much both of you. That really helps.

Still showing ignorance no doubt: But does it have to be quite long to get beyond the plaster board and into the partition beneath? Is there any way of being sure that the wall I'm fixing them too is plaster board and not something else? I know nothing about these things and don't know...

I really need some help! By the way I KNOW how bad this is so please please please don't depress me further! I know there's no real solution but I'm looking for the best possible fixit. I've spilt bleach on a wooden kitchen worksurface. The worktop is iroko which is a very hard wood. It...

I'm sure this is a real beginner's question: I've bought (free-standing) bookshelves and need to secure them to the wall at the top. I know how to fix them to plasterboard but how to I fix them at points where the stud is there? Do I just use a normal wall plug? Does it have to be...