On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 03:40:03 +0100, Barbara wrote:

"ben" wrote
however you should use the correct drill bit for the size of each
different
Rawl plug and try not to wobble the drill whilst going into the wall, if
the
hole becomes larger than the rawl plug then fill it with polyfilla and
push
the Rawl plug in and wait for the PF to harden before screwing a screw in.

the hole size needs to so tight that you have to use small hammer to tap
the
Rawl plug home. :-)


I understand that different coloured Rawlplugs are used with different screw
sizes and different drill sizes, but I've never found - even with a Google
search - a table showing the relationships. Does anybody have one, please?

This depends on the manufacturer.
Some just use one colour (often grey or brown) for their whole range.
Often the size is marked on the plug.

If they are colour coded then yellow one tend to be 5mm
red ones 6mm, brown ones 7 , orange ones 8 and green ones 10.

The 6mm is by far the most common and will be right for most
'fixing up' applications.

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