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OK, not exactly a "disaster" but I did get frustrated and I do have a small problem to overcome.
I bought some hangers for my guitars. It's basically a wooden block which fits to the wall with 2 screws (1 top, 1 bottom). There's a hand-like bracket that the guitar dangles from.
My guitars are pretty heavy, but my walls are plasterboard. What I mean is that there is some empty space behind the plasterboard as it doesn't sit onto brick - "hollow" or "cavity" might be the right words to describe this.
Anyway, knowing that the weight of my guitars could be an issue I decided not to use the supplied rawl plugs. I have some that I bought from Focus which I used to put up a curtain rail for some heavy suede curtains. The screws for the hangers fitted perfectly. These plugs are something like these "Easy Drivers" at ScrewFix.....
http://www.screwfix.co.uk/prods/17481/Fixings/Cavity-Fixings/Nylon-Easy-Driver
So, I set about installing them. However, when I tried to screw them into the plasterboard, they simply acted like a drill and just excavated a bore hole straight into my plaster.
I need to repair that damage, and hopefully in such a way that I can still position the hanger there so the repair needs to be strong.
Would it be OK to just use filler, then try a different type of fixing. Maybe these.....
http://www.screwfix.co.uk/prods/11143/Fixings/Cavity-Fixings/Hollow-Wall-Anchor-5-x-72mm-16-32mm
Any advice is gladly welcomed.
I bought some hangers for my guitars. It's basically a wooden block which fits to the wall with 2 screws (1 top, 1 bottom). There's a hand-like bracket that the guitar dangles from.
My guitars are pretty heavy, but my walls are plasterboard. What I mean is that there is some empty space behind the plasterboard as it doesn't sit onto brick - "hollow" or "cavity" might be the right words to describe this.
Anyway, knowing that the weight of my guitars could be an issue I decided not to use the supplied rawl plugs. I have some that I bought from Focus which I used to put up a curtain rail for some heavy suede curtains. The screws for the hangers fitted perfectly. These plugs are something like these "Easy Drivers" at ScrewFix.....
http://www.screwfix.co.uk/prods/17481/Fixings/Cavity-Fixings/Nylon-Easy-Driver
So, I set about installing them. However, when I tried to screw them into the plasterboard, they simply acted like a drill and just excavated a bore hole straight into my plaster.
I need to repair that damage, and hopefully in such a way that I can still position the hanger there so the repair needs to be strong.
Would it be OK to just use filler, then try a different type of fixing. Maybe these.....
http://www.screwfix.co.uk/prods/11143/Fixings/Cavity-Fixings/Hollow-Wall-Anchor-5-x-72mm-16-32mm
Any advice is gladly welcomed.