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Fixing to dot and dab walls
Is there an approved method for attaching sinks, skirting, etc to dot
and dab walls. We have just had an extension added where the breeze block is made of a bubbled gray breeze block material, wonderfully light and easy to carve. I consider myself an expert at attaching to plasterboard on timber frames as I have lived in houses of that constrction for a number of years, however this new system is baffling me. I ended up attaching the wooden, i.e. slightly warped, skirting to the walls using 3" nails and two rawplugs per hole. It works but seems totally over the top using No 10 screws for this. Similarly I am now trying to attach a sink to a wall. The screw bolts provided are long enough fo normal applications but at the moment the chunky rawplug is just spinning in plaster board, air and soft breeze block. Any suggestions please, but not including butterfly clamps, expanding rawplugs etc because they won't work when the air gap is about 15mm. Cheers Neil |