On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 23:27:18 +0100, Peter Parry
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Sep 2004 00:06:08 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:

Compressing metal cavity fixings (aka Hollow Wall Anchor on Screwfix
site) are the best choice for this.

Two layers of tiles and a layer of plasterboard are way beyond what
hollowalls will manage.

If you use long ones, they are fine - I've done it.

They have the advantage of reuseability.

You need to try to get into the backing
studs or use a fixing which will cope with such depth. Something
like the Fischer plasterboard plugs which are very tolerant of
substrate depth will be much better.

The plastic ones?

The trouble I've found with any of the plastic ones is that they are
not man enough for anything heavy. A soap dish might be OK, but a
towel rail with wet towels....??? Recipe for a hole in the wall,
broken tiles.


Another option is to use spring toggles with longer bolts than
supplied if necessary. If a nut and washer are threaded on them and
then the toggle pushed through the hole, it is possible to arrange a
length of projecting thread plus bolt head for hanging things on b yt
ightening the nut against the washer and surface of the tiles.. It
is fiddly to do this, but very secure.



..andy

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