Grip fit type into PB or....?

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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
 
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For dot and dab walls you need to drill through into the brick.

There is no guarantee to the depth of space behind the plasterboard,

I would advise purchasing some multi construction drill bits ( and a combi drill with hammer action).

You will also require plasterboard Rawl plugs

Check out the links below.

Never use the supplied wall plugs in furniture., They are crap,

https://www.toolstation.com/bosch-m...sjQYRoA-xyat41ICmJ-myPqDc-bvXQTRoCB0oQAvD_BwE

https://www.toolstation.com/fischer...O9PqDM9QYRsk-9_5fRuTn-6jlYhvwbyRoCCDwQAvD_BwE
 
I would also check for cables and pipework before drilling anything.
 
For dot and dab walls you need to drill through into the brick.

There is no guarantee to the depth of space behind the plasterboard,

I would advise purchasing some multi construction drill bits ( and a combi drill with hammer action).

You will also require plasterboard Rawl plugs

Check out the links below.

Never use the supplied wall plugs in furniture., They are crap,

https://www.toolstation.com/bosch-m...sjQYRoA-xyat41ICmJ-myPqDc-bvXQTRoCB0oQAvD_BwE

https://www.toolstation.com/fischer...O9PqDM9QYRsk-9_5fRuTn-6jlYhvwbyRoCCDwQAvD_BwE


I keep a set of those bosch drill bits in my rucksack. I use them for 90% of the holes that I drill in to walls (with my cordless and with the hammer action turned off). I only use my SDS for hard bricks and concrete.
 
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I keep a set of those bosch drill bits in my rucksack. I use them for 90% of the holes that I drill in to walls (with my cordless and with the hammer action turned off). I only use my SDS for hard bricks and concrete.

Yeah me to, they are a must have imo.

In the old part of my house the inner skin is really soft breeze block, in the new part the inner blockwork has a really hard shell , once you get past the first 5mm or so it suddenly turns soft. Have to use the hammer action on this until the softer stuff.

The 12v drill the op mentioned sounds like it's just a 12v screw driver. It needs the extra oomph and speed of a proper drill driver combi
 
Yeah, it's the other side of town but I will pop over with a decent drill and bit
Makes me glad I live in a trad 50's house.
 

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