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Thanks Dave54, but if the problem were that the hole isn't deep enough, wouldn't the screw keep going in until it hit the end of the hole? At the moment it isn't even close to breaking through the end of the wallplug, let alone the rest of the hole behind it.

Thanks very much for all of your replies. To answer your questions: - The screws are about 2 inches long (a bit longer than the wall plugs but I've drilled slightly deeper than their length). - I'll have to check what voltage the screwdriver is, but it's only a couple of years old and has...

Hello, I'm trying to fit a picture ledge to a masonry wall. I've drilled a 7mm hole (slightly deeper than it needs to be), vacuumed out the dust and inserted a brown plastic plug (which say they are for screw sizes 8, 10, 12 and 14) but when I try to screw a screw in (with an electric...