"P.R.Brady" wrote in message
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Peter Hucker wrote:
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!


I always find Plasplugs good, everything else is a disaster.


Agreed, they always seem to work where others have failed. The only other
thing I used to like was Philplug. You drilled the hole, put a chunk of
this white fluffy stuff in the palm of your hand, wetted it (uncouth types
like me spat on it), mixed and rolled it into a cigar shape then stuffed it
into the hole using the tool provided which also had a point at the other
end to make a pilot hole. Followed up with the screw and it always held
beautifully. I haven't seen it for years, I believe there was some
asbestos in the mix which got it banned, although I would have thought that
some other ingredient could have been found.

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Keith Willcocks
(If you can't laugh at life, it ain't worth living!)