dundonald wrote:

Ah right ok, dumb question, what do you mean stripped? And do you mean the
wall plug is stripped?

As you drive the screw into the plug it cuts a thread on the inside of
the plug at the same time as forcing the diameter of the plug to swell.
This should result in the plug being firmly jammed into the hole in the
wall, and the screw being well located into the plug.

In your case either the screw has been overtightened resulting in the
thread it cut in the inside of the plug being damaged hence allowing the
screw to turn in the plug even when it should be tight, or, the hole in
the wall is oversized and the whole plug is turning.

Useful those match sticks eh.

Very ;-) gently tap a few in with a small hammer, and when it refuses to
take another match, try screwing into it again.


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Cheers,

John.

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