On 2008-04-12 19:55:42 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:



Andy Hall wrote:
On 2008-04-12 18:20:30 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
said:



Andy Hall wrote:
SNIP

You fit shelves to walls using 6mm plugs?

As opposed to what? No need for anything larger than that unless
you have a very heavy load.

A shelf of books? Several shelves of books?

Held by London brackets, cantilever brackets, battens, twin slot steel
uprights & brackets? Any of those can be fixed 100% with 6mm plugs.

Well they *can*. The question is for how long.



6mm Fischer plug & a 40 x 4 screw gives an incredibly strong fix

That depends on the load and on the nature of the wall to which it is
being attached.

Fischer plasterboard plugs are 6mm too - and very strong.

It would be sheer folly to consider fixing book shelves just to
plasterboard - unless one os looking for repeat business.



- easier to get a sailor off your sister than pull that out.

Sounds like a Chatham phrase.

The Chatham version is less PC :-)