Those metal umbrella ones. I am new to them becaues now one of my kids have brought a house with all hollow plasterboard walls
My gripe with them is because they sit proud of the plasterboard and if you are fixing something with a flat surface it is only resting on a small penny size spot is not as secure as when the whole surface of what you are fixing is in flat contact with the plasterboard also they leave a gap all around its edge.
I suppose I could recess them in the skim coat - would this be successful. Or cut out the back of the thing I am fixing but that is not always possible like my current job is a towel rad with the round tube brackets so I am thinking of using a washer the same thickness of the bit showing proud of the plasterboard but not so big as to be seen. Maybe a fibre washer looks about right.
Any thoughts
My gripe with them is because they sit proud of the plasterboard and if you are fixing something with a flat surface it is only resting on a small penny size spot is not as secure as when the whole surface of what you are fixing is in flat contact with the plasterboard also they leave a gap all around its edge.
I suppose I could recess them in the skim coat - would this be successful. Or cut out the back of the thing I am fixing but that is not always possible like my current job is a towel rad with the round tube brackets so I am thinking of using a washer the same thickness of the bit showing proud of the plasterboard but not so big as to be seen. Maybe a fibre washer looks about right.
Any thoughts