Frame fixings for skirtings?

[Chris Holmes]

I've not used frame fixings, but I beleive the idea is that you can push the frame up against the wall and then hammer a combined plug and screw in and do it up.

Is that correct?

Do they have oversized screw heads?

Are they made in smaller sizes such as might suit a light load such as skirting?

If not is there something else which would avoid the need to keep taking the board off and on?

I don't want to go down the adhesive route, as that has already failed in this particular instance (actually it was mostly the plaster that came away rather than the glue - hot conservatory and duff plaster).

TIA

Chris

[mark]

Just use a normal screws and plastic plugs. Use plugs without a flange. Drill through board and into wall. Tap screw to push plug through board. Tighten. I countersink mine then use car body filler to hide screw head.

mark

[The Medway Handyman]

Frame fixings don't countersink, so you would have to drill, countersink, then hammer in.

[stuart noble]

I'd prefer normal plugs for that job so that you can adjust the tightness. I'd also use Gripfil, but more for the fill than the grip

[Chris Holmes]

Thanks for all the replies. When they didn't come through instantly, I texted my brother in law to ask the same question, halfway through that, I remembered that I used to to this in the manner that Mark has suggested! The memory cells aren't what they used to be!

Cheers

Chris