"mo" wrote in message
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Hi DIY fans Have 2 questions

First, have a plank of wood (about 2 metres by 15 cm). It is about 1.5cm
thick.

I need to scre it onto the wall and I have allocated and screwed out 5
holes on the plank t - which is where I wil lscrew through the wood and
into the wall

Question is what is the ebst way to accuratley drill into the wall behidn
so the holes in the wood match up with the ones I need o nthe wall?

I see 2 options
try and draw out the wood on the wall and hope it is accurate

Use a pencil like device - put it through the hoels and make a mark that
way - problem is no pencil has a tip of 1.5cm to go through the wood and
also the holes are fairly small - is there a device designed to do this?


Secondly, I need soem truning and due to legth I need the best optio
nseems to be self adhesive on a roll. I need to trunk 2 telephone wires
and a network cable - so not too thick

Is this stuff on a roll any good and how to you go around corners? i.e
ones that stick in and out? And what about right angles?

thanks
Assuming that you are using plugs and screws rather than frame fixings

I would offer up the wood to the wall in the correct place and drill through
the centre hole with a suitable size bit either masonry or ordinary to mark
the wall behind

Then remove the wood and drill and plug the wall with the correct
combination of masonry drill size and rawlplug

Then screw the wood to the wall and use a spirit level to get it either
horizontal or vertical (assuming that it needs to be one or the other)

With the wood in place mark the other holes in the same way as the first

Loosen the screw and move the wood to one side and drill and plug the other
holes

Position the wood back in the correct place and insert all screws


If you use frame fixings instead you drill straight through the wood into
the wall with the same size drill and put the frame fixing straight in
through the wood and tighten


Tony