"Bob Eager" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:17:37 UTC, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Graeme wrote:
Having at last purchased an SDS drill, thanks to the advice from the
Two
Daves, I'm ready to do something about various telephone and aerial
cables that adorn the outside walls of the house. The external walls
are granite and, over time, various people have tried to attach cables
with ordinary cable clips. The nails never penetrate properly,
unsurprisingly, and cables tend to just flap around in the wind.

Plan A is to drill holes, then insert lengths of dowel, held with No
More Nails, then use ordinary cable clips, with the nails going into
the
ends of the dowels.

A suitable plan, or is there an alternative?

Yes - there are plastic plugs made for just this purpose. B&Q had them
last time I looked - but in the electrical section beside the cable clips
rather than with other wall plugs.

I got my last lot on eBay, following a post here.

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These are the things (4th item down)

http://www.towerman.co.uk/pdf/fixings/hammerfix.pdf

Although I actually used 6mm dowel and a 5.5mm SDS bit on the last job.

Adam