fixings recommendation for hollow door/robe hooks?

[Jon Nicoll]

Hi All Are there any fixings you would recommend for use on hollow internal doors to screw down the 'robe hook' type of affair? I've never found one that I regard as satisfactory - they all seem to require far too big a hole, or too thick a covering material (eg. designed for plasterboard), or are too weak (in my experience these hooks are asked to carry a lot more than the nominal Dressing Gown).

Thanks Jon N

[fred]

In article , Jon Nicoll writes

Best I've seen for this would be:

, but still not ideal, the hook will stand proud of the door by the thickness of the metal tang, say 0.7mm.

[Owain]

"Jon Nicoll" wrote | Are there any fixings you would recommend for use on hollow | internal doors to screw down the 'robe hook' type of affair? I've | never found one that I regard as satisfactory - they all seem to | require far too big a hole, or too thick a covering material (eg. | designed for plasterboard), or are too weak (in my experience these | hooks are asked to carry a lot more than the nominal Dressing Gown).

I took the easy way out and got one of those rows of hooks that hangs over the top of the door.

Owain

[Jon Nicoll]

Hi Fred

Thanks for this - I see the 'minimum thickness' panel thickness for these seems to be 6mm, which would probably be OK. The ones I saw were quoted as being for plasterboard and the 'barrel' was probably 10mm or so.

I can live with the thickness of the tang - could make a spacer with suitable cutouts or similar.

Cheers Jon

[Jon Nicoll]

Hi Owain

I was looking out for those as well but didn't spot any. Can you suggest a supplier?

Thanks Jon

[Paul Mc Cann]

Would a self adhesive one not suit ?

[Lobster]

SWMBO got so fed up waiting for me to fit some hooks on the back of our bedroom door that she bought a couple of self-adhesive jobs from Tesco or somewhere and plonked them on. Yeah right, says muggins, they'll *really* work.

Three or four years later they still haven't fallen off. Go figure!

David

[Owain]

"Jon Nicoll" wrote | > I took the easy way out and got one of those rows of hooks that | > hangs over the top of the door. | I was looking out for those as well but didn't spot any. Can you | suggest a supplier?

Argos. They're introducing a new catalogue about now, but page 217 in the Spring/Summer one, or

and the following item numbers

868/0264 "Daidy" 5 hooks. 6.99 868/0257 Extendible 6 hooks. 6.99 868/0956 individual, 3 hooks. 6.99 868/1043 chrome ball over door, 12 ball knobs. (less likely to make holes in towelling if dressing-gowns do not have hanging loops) 7.99 868/0989 sea life frieze 5 hooks 7.99 868/0628 wave design 6 hooks. 9.99

all are for 4cm door thickness. I think I've typed them correctly.

Owain

[Jon Nicoll]

Thanks Owain! Jon