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Trying to help a colleague who has moved into a small 80/90's flat.
Looks like it has dot and dab, possibly one wall is stud?
Trying to fit two cupboards up and her 12v drill stops too short to use the supplied rawlplugs that came with two cupboards.
I suggested that she try the metal type that screw into the PB - then a machine screw into that - but they don't go far enough into the wall before they hit something. I suspect that it's the crap drill she has?
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Self-Drill-Metal-Fixers---32mm-Pack-of-10/p/516069
I will pop round with my better hammer action and hope that the better drill works?
If not, how easy is it to shorten those fixings?
Or- how much space does a gripit fixing require? The space between the PB and whatever is behind it seems limited. Could I use these? It's a bloody big hole if I try and fail.
https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk/
TIA
Looks like it has dot and dab, possibly one wall is stud?
Trying to fit two cupboards up and her 12v drill stops too short to use the supplied rawlplugs that came with two cupboards.
I suggested that she try the metal type that screw into the PB - then a machine screw into that - but they don't go far enough into the wall before they hit something. I suspect that it's the crap drill she has?
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Self-Drill-Metal-Fixers---32mm-Pack-of-10/p/516069
I will pop round with my better hammer action and hope that the better drill works?
If not, how easy is it to shorten those fixings?
Or- how much space does a gripit fixing require? The space between the PB and whatever is behind it seems limited. Could I use these? It's a bloody big hole if I try and fail.
https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk/
TIA