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hooray, this plan worked, the plug in the filled hole did not move, and one shelf is now fully installed to my satisfaction yea it would have looked nicer with rounded screws, but its not a big deal, im happy time to repeat the process several more times

A good question. "know" is a strong term, but there are some things i suspect about the wall. For clarity, we will call it the Left Wall, since it is to the left as you enter the bathroom Firstly, i believe it is not plasterboard. This is because the back wall of the bathroom which faces the...

this worked well, thank you! The drilltip skittering around was a little bit of a pain, but i used light contact and a steady hand to abrade the surface until it could get a firm grip, and drilled two holes no problem Well, there is a problem but its not related to the tiles...

Also just to clear up any confusion here: I drilled an 8mm hole, for an 8mm plug And then afterwards, i widened -only the entrance- of the hole to 10mm, because it is drilled through tile and i know that tiles can crack if a plug expands in them The plugs come with 5mm screws they are...

although, why should i fill the hole and redrill it What if i just put filler in and then put the plug in while its still wet, let it solidify before adding the screw

i'm gonna do option 3 then, i know filler these things will not fit flush, no worries there, at this point i'm less worried about aesthetics than about getting the damn thing installed

i drilled the hole the size i needed for the plug. theres nothing wrong with the hole size, its the soft substrate not providing resistance

i don't mean to doubt you, but im fairly sure putting a smaller plug into this hole would make the problem even worse, its an 8mm wide hole and im using an 8mm plug

Hi all, i'm drilling holes for shelves today in my bathroom, i'm using 8x65mm plugs, so i drilled a hole that deep, and actually a bit deeper. 830mm is the depth of this hole, i know because that's the entire length of the 8mm wide drill bit i used, i kept going hoping to hit some brickwork and...

but wet paint drips down the walls and gets under the edges ofa tarp also this would only protect floor not skirting good for the general purpose area but not enough on its own i think

Hi all, my hall carpet has gottten terribly stained with paint already, i will eventually be replacing it but id like to not make it worse for now In addition, i have also recently painted some, but not all of the skirting boards, before painting the wall. yes dumb i know, i realise that now...

well why did you use that drill? Presumably you read or heard some reason to, or about what happens if you dont?

Hello all, i see this is a common question, i had a look through various threads and got a few answers, but i'm not satisfied so im making my own I want to hang up shelves in my shower area, screws and plugs through the tiles. All i have are tri point flat shank masonry drill bits, and i...

oops no, thats the dimensions of the plugs, the screws came with them, i linked it earlier in the thread, purchased on recommendation from a post here

Well i have finally managed it, the grip bar now now securely mounted with four 8x65mm screws, it does not move under strain, i'm happy with this. I did use lubrication on the screws, i'm not sure if it helped

are you saying that you habitually lubricate your screws ? I have never done this in my life nor heard of it before today!

nah i always drill into brick now, i learned this lesson a while back, and thats why i don't use any screw+plug shorter than 60mm these days its just that there wasnt enough space for the plug to expand, i needed to widedn the hole a tiny bit

i'm pretty sure the screws were sticking because the plug couldn't expand anymore, but i guess lubricating them might be worth a try, i have a silicone lubricant spray i bought for door hinges, and some WD40, they'd probably do the trick right? Are there any pitfalls or gotchas to worry about...

but then why do plugs come with a little lip designed to prevent exactly this? Even the fischer ones

no worries about this, i don't even bother measuring when i'm going into a wall, i just go the entire length of the drill bit, which in this case is about 150% of the length of the plug, plenty of space enough, in fact, that one of my plugs has slipped farther inside a bit, i dont see any...