Bill Woods wrote:

Which sort of wallplug for brick/masonry do posters here prefer?

(1) a plastic wallplug which looks like a sort of cylinder (and looks
parallel when seen in profile).

For example:
http://www.chard-design.co.uk/images/plastic_plugs.gif

That is what I use mostly... (they still taper a little)

I ask this because a lot of products I buy which need to be fixed on
the wall come with two screws and two "conical" wallplugs.

Personally, I can't really see how I drill a snug hole for a conical
plug. In which circumastances I would want to use such a plug? Am I
overlooking a use which this sort of wallplug is designed for?

It is actually quite difficult to drill a hole that is not slightly
tapered - any latteral movement on the body of the drill as you sink the
hole will tend to widen the mouth of the hole a bit.


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Cheers,

John.

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