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Hey John ... which of these are worth keeping?

BTW anyone know what these are? Packet of three, sealed along with 3 plugs and 3 screws. No label, had them for at least 25 yrs.

Some of the beauties from my massive collection. Turns out some ARE attached to the extra bit of plastic with the hole in it but I never noticed the hole I just thought the plastic was to hold the plugs together - another DUH moment! Turns out the yellow ones have 5mm written on the plastic...

Aha, the "clean sweep" approach. Which I do like! I'll Google them! Thanks.

YES YES YES, THIS ^ ^ ^ ^ is what has happened to me every damned time I have drilled a hole in any wall in this house since I moved in 20 years ago! I thought it was only me!

Gosh that sounds VERY radical (which I like!) but scary. I've never used either but surely there is a use for them or they would never be manufactured or sold?

Because I don't have this trouble with my walls which are plaster over the same red old bricks. Rather an extreme fix though. Now I am wondering if a batten would stick to the bricks if I used no more nails. Edited to add: if the wall was plastered then (I believe that) the layer of plaster...

JohnD. Indeed, and that is true whether I buy the slot system or my existing wooden battens. Maybe I should have the damned wall plastered!

I have fitted that exact system in my office. It was easy: the walls are plastered :-) My friend meant simply screw on upright pieces of wood leftover from a previous project, and screw the existing brackets to this. Cost = zero.

Cheers Foxhole. So, make a skinny pilot hole first. I can try that! Oooh JohnD thank you for that clever tip about using "no more nails" with a loose plug. A man friend rang me and I mentioned this problem to him and he reckons I will not be able to attach brackets to a bare brick wall at all...

I looked on ebay and there was a pic! I've never seen this size hole before because I've been using my own loose plugs out of the ice cream tub for decades. They either never came on a strip or were long ago detached from it!

JohnD .. I never buy plugs (because I have accumulated hundreds over the years and they have all ended up in two old ice cream tubs). But if buying the ones you suggest would solve this problem of matching up the sizes, I would be prepared to buy a pack and give my lot to the charity shop!

Not really. Foxhole: it says the size of the yellow red and brown, but then says they can be any colour, and does not tell you the size number of the corresponding drill bit. :-(

I'm putting two shelves into the cupboard under the stairs to hold DIY stuff. Marked the wall four times with a felt tip pen through the screw holes in the shelf brackets. Soon as I applied my hammer drill to make the first hole, the drill "jumped" an inch away from the mark without my being...

I've accumulated over years a box full of assorted drill bits, a box full of assorted rawlplugs and a box full of assorted screws. As far as I can make out, none have any kind of number on them to say which goes with which. Whenever I want to hang something on a wall I always make a right mess...

Hi everyone. Well, because I didn't get any answer about what kind of filler to use before I did the job, I decided to try using some plasterer's tape on a roll I already had. The type that has metal bits that make it stay folded when you fold it around a corner. I stuck it on with wallpaper...

It's got recessed shelves on the kitchen side. That's my "larder". I don't want to get rid of thee original Victorian door or architrave in case a future owner wants to reinstate the door. I have no basement, no garage, nowhere to store the door. I don't want shelves in the living room...

Yes, it is. But that's not what I want to do, clearly.

Door and architrave. I am trying to make them as invisible as possible by painting it all the same colour.

Never heard of him. I am 60 and most days I feel 90.