Hello,

I am wondering if the following exists. I need a fastener that can
fit
(gently hammered) into a drilled whole in drywall (like an anchor),
can be secured to the drywall with sharp points (I envision these
"points" circling the top of the fastener and bending back over the
fastener so that they grip the drywall when it is gently hammered
into
the hole), and then the fastener itself will except a threaded bolt.


I am hanging a railing and one of the points where the railing will
be
secured is restricted by the fact that there is a pocket door behind
the drywall. I have a bolt that has been sheared so that it will not
interfere with the pocket door, but I need to be able to fasten it so
that it is relatively strong and secure.


Does this type of fastener exist?


I am trying to use a matching bolt, so that is why I have not
utilized
an anchor. I can't seem to find one large enough to fit the diameter
of the bolt.


Thanks

I am wondering if the following exists. I need a fastener that can
fit
(gently hammered) into a drilled whole in drywall (like an anchor),
can be secured to the drywall with sharp points (I envision these
"points" circling the top of the fastener and bending back over the
fastener so that they grip the drywall when it is gently hammered
into
the hole), and then the fastener itself will except a threaded bolt.


I am hanging a railing and one of the points where the railing will
be
secured is restricted by the fact that there is a pocket door behind
the drywall. I have a bolt that has been sheared so that it will not
interfere with the pocket door, but I need to be able to fasten it so
that it is relatively strong and secure.


Does this type of fastener exist?
A short molly anchor might work

wrote:
Hello,

I am wondering if the following exists. I need a fastener that can
fit
(gently hammered) into a drilled whole in drywall
...
I am hanging a railing and one of the points

Does that not set off some kind of alarm? A railing supported by
drywall?

--
Joseph Meehan

Dia 's Muire duit

On Feb 12, 11:55 pm, " wrote:
Hello,

I am wondering if the following exists. I need a fastener that can
fit
(gently hammered) into a drilled whole in drywall (like an anchor),
can be secured to the drywall with sharp points (I envision these
"points" circling the top of the fastener and bending back over the
fastener so that they grip the drywall when it is gently hammered
into
the hole), and then the fastener itself will except a threaded bolt.

I am hanging a railing and one of the points where the railing will
be
secured is restricted by the fact that there is a pocket door behind
the drywall. I have a bolt that has been sheared so that it will not
interfere with the pocket door, but I need to be able to fasten it so
that it is relatively strong and secure.

Does this type of fastener exist?

I am trying to use a matching bolt, so that is why I have not
utilized
an anchor. I can't seem to find one large enough to fit the diameter
of the bolt.

Thanks

You're kidding right? Even if the railing hit a 'stud' on a wall that
surrounds a pocket door that is NFG. If the railing is bolted to the
floor right near the wall it *may* be OK bolted to a rosette that is
attached to a 'stud'.

On Feb 12, 10:55 pm, " wrote:
Hello,

I am wondering if the following exists. I need a fastener that can
fit
(gently hammered) into a drilled whole in drywall (like an anchor),
can be secured to the drywall with sharp points (I envision these
"points" circling the top of the fastener and bending back over the
fastener so that they grip the drywall when it is gently hammered
into
the hole), and then the fastener itself will except a threaded bolt.

I am hanging a railing and one of the points where the railing will
be
secured is restricted by the fact that there is a pocket door behind
the drywall. I have a bolt that has been sheared so that it will not
interfere with the pocket door, but I need to be able to fasten it so
that it is relatively strong and secure.

Does this type of fastener exist?

I am trying to use a matching bolt, so that is why I have not
utilized
an anchor. I can't seem to find one large enough to fit the diameter
of the bolt.

Thanks

How about cutting the drywall out from stud to stud and adding a piece
of plywood for the bracket to anchor to? Another layer of ply could be
laminated before installation,,this would give 1"(assuming 1/2"
drywall)of wood for the screws to grip..Make the plywood a square not
a strip and hope the small pocket door studs are tough enough to keep
it all rigid..
What happens if You just move the rail to the opposite side and
forget trying to mount it with tricks?
Dean

On Feb 12, 11:55 pm, " wrote:
Hello,



Hello again,

I appreciate the advice and the concerns raised. The railing is very
short, more decorative than anything, and secured at one point (there
are only two screw locations along the railing) with a lag bolt deep
into a stud. It is very secure even just using an anchor/screw at the
one end of the railing, but I wanted to use the matching hardware
(bolt), so that is the reason for my question about a special
fastener.

Thanks,

Mike

I appreciate the advice and the concerns raised. The railing is very
short, more decorative than anything, and secured at one point (there

If the railing isn't going to be used, then you shouldn't put one
there at all. If you're going to put it there, you should mount
it properly. You, or course, will do waht you want, but mounting
it a one end and only pretending to attach the other creates a hazard.
Don't be telling us in three months that you weren't warned.

are only two screw locations along the railing) with a lag bolt deep
into a stud. It is very secure even just using an anchor/screw at the
one end of the railing, but I wanted to use the matching hardware
(bolt), so that is the reason for my question about a special
fastener.

Thanks,

Mike