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Thanks for this Foxhole! Do you know how I can find out what types of block we have? I'm new to all this, so not sure of how to go about it :) My current plan is to use these Fischer High Performance Universal Plugs combined with this Fischer resin and possibly a couple of upright support...

Thanks for this John - you've explained this really clearly for me! The screws were 6cm long, with 4.5cm penetrating the wall (and 1.5cm lost in the brackets). They reached nearly the end of the wall plugs (which were 5cm in length) but might it have been the case that I needed longer wall...

Thanks for this Bernard! I hadn't heard of threaded rods but I'll have a look and see if they look beyond my skill set or not. Presumably you buy them in long strips and have to cut them to size with something relatively heavy duty?

Ah okay - I had assumed that blocks would be similar enough (i.e. in terms of being solid, unlike something like plasterboard) to the masonry/brick/concrete/plaster listed for those plugs, so there's my mistake. I'll take a closer look at the remaining holes and see if they'll still hold the...

Thanks for your reply Chris! I think we used these plugs - would the Fischer UX ones be far superior? And can I put them back in the same holes or do I need to refill/redrill?

Hello all - DIYnot newbie here! We put up some shelves in our flat about two months ago - 230cm long, made of 18mm mdf and fixed with masonry wall plugs to blockwork walls with four wooden brackets (spaced at 10-80-150-210cm along the wall) - and this morning they fell down. I think I possibly...