We sent that at the same time! Great minds and all that!
I'm getting a room plastered on Tuesday so have unscrewed the faceplates for the sockets and light switch in that room and covered in plastic bags.
I'm getting a room plastered on Tuesday so have unscrewed the faceplates for the sockets and light switch in that room and covered in plastic bags.
I noticed that if you move the faceplate slightly the cable in the chases moves a little. Should I be securing them with anything to stop them causing a problem for the plasterer?
Indeed. It may not be totally clear that what I wrote was in the past tense - explaining my experiences when (a good long while ago), I tried the 'blob of plaster technique, because someone had suggested it to me. Since I experienced the problem I described, I rapidly reverted to just using cable clips, which is what I continue to do.Cable clips! It is one of the jobs they're designed for
Is the plasterer filling in the chases? If so, I'd leave it for him/her to sort.
Same size drill, IIRC, but a smaller hole, because...They do make wall plugs for clips. Guess they’re a similar size to a yellow plug
They are designed to take the clip nails, not screws.I did quite a few in those annoying aac blocks by drilling, plugging, then removing the nail from the clip and screwing instead
... and also, of course, bricks vary considerably as well. In my house, just like the original plaster, bricks vary from something like a sand castle to something like granite - and so-called masonry nails fail (for different reasons) at both ends of that spectrum!I've used dowels in the past, on brick walls. I've found that the nails in clips vary - some are hard enough to hammer into brick, some are not.
I know that, they came with the things pre installed, that's why I had to take them out.They are designed to take the clip nails, not screws.
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