On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 22:20:06 +0100, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:

Aha. Thats a shield anchor - which are more expensive than sleeve anchors
http://www.screwfix.com/cats/100056/...Sleeve-Anchors

Just curious.

Well things have changed and it's a whole new world out there. This
week I also discovered hammer fixings - mind you, nobody thought to
tell me they were just that and not really meant to be "screwed" home.
Oh well, I'm (re) learning. Things were so much more simple when it
was just rawlplugs and hammer drills and supascrews where considered
hi-tech....