in my kitchen the other day when as I screwed the last bracket into the wall the whole thing collapsed sending a coffee cup flying which in turn landed on the spatula which was in the cake mixture I was preparing, flicking cake mix all over the ceiling leaving me with the task of clearing the whole mess up before I re attempt to put the blasted shelf up should I have used raw plugs for the screws?
2006-12-18 00:36:42 · 20 answers · asked by t00t5 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
DIY and cake making eh.....very domesticated, apart from the incident of course! In answer to yer question I would use the plugs if I were you.
2006-12-18 00:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by Pork_Purse 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, Screws into stone brick or plaster need raw plugs, you will need to drill a hole to the right size using a masonary drill, the raw plugs should have the size of drill bit required. If you have plaster board walls you will need special plaster board raw plugs, If in doubt ask at the shop.
2006-12-18 00:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by pete m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why were you screwing up a shelf while your cake batter was sitting out on the counter?
Concentrate on one project at a time.
The shelf screws needed Molly's (wall anchors) installed to screw the screws into first. Then the shelf will stay up.
2006-12-18 00:50:27 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitely you should have used wall plugs for screws. Although bolts are available that do cut into a bare hole in bricks. The word you used "raw" plug was a trade name, "rawlplug", came to be used by everyone for any plastic/nylon/fibre wall plug.
2006-12-18 08:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by Dick s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a shame but we all learn from out mistakes to keep trying and that bit about women needing men. Well one of the ladies I work for as maid does all her own DIY including electrical work fitting doors, putting shelves up and plastering and she wont let her husband do anything as he is not good enough at it
2006-12-18 00:47:53 · answer #5 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-12-18 00:38:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find standard plastic wall anchors to work perfectly. Of course the best way is to screw directly into studs if you can (They're typically 16 inches apart (on center).
2006-12-18 00:45:20 · answer #7 · answered by jjcroftii 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You saying that you attempted to screw screws into just a fixing hole?. FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE, in 99% of all fixing situations you have to use plastic screw fixing plugs to screw screws into, Plain holes are not stable and will fail leaving you with a mess.
2006-12-18 02:15:13 · answer #8 · answered by robert x 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the type of wall. If it was brick/block then use a rawplug.
If its a stoothing wall (a partition wall) use hollow wall plugs.
2006-12-18 00:44:58 · answer #9 · answered by leedsmikey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dry wall screws or
maybe you should by a stud finder
2006-12-18 00:44:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋