"Peter Hucker" wrote in message
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Whenever I use these blasted things, whatever I've hung up ends up falling
down, pulling with it half a tonne of plaster. TIPS PLEASE!

Depends if your walls are plasterboard or solid brick/block. Solid
brick/block you need rawlplugs and drill bit of the right size - roughly
yellow for small loads 5mm drill, red for medium 6mm drill, brown for heavy
7mm drill. As mentioned, you should need to tap the plug in with a hammer -
if not it ain't gonna hold!

Plasterboard needs a specific fixing - check you local DIY store. Wickes
have multi purpose brick/plasterboard plugs - but I've never tried them.

Dave