On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 09:52:20 -0800 (PST), robgraham
wrote:

Has anyone found a quick and easy way to do this ? Extraction doesn't
seem to work so my thoughts were to try and drill the top surface off
and then fill.

Pulling usually removes a chunk of (our) plaster so now I use a hot air blower
to melt the things - scrape a bit of the mess out to leave room for some filler.

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Geo