PING Samantha Booth

Could you see what bore those blades are?

Saved the pic & zoomed in - appear to be 30mm.

You forgot these for the door.

unless Sam's a Medway Handywoman ...

This seems to be the link for the special offer pork scratchings.......

Thanks MH yes got it. Going to try a handsaw first. I think a CS maybe a step toooo far for me at the mo.

Oh and btw, used the bosch drill bit on the tiles today. The 18v cordless was close to useless so used the mains drill and a perfect hole, used them rawplugs and its a perfect job. THANKS A MILLION for recommending them, I have used them for several things all day. Putting up pics, coat hangers you name it.

What make is the 18v cordless?

Shhhhh Ryobi, dont tell the others though, they will think I am a DIY'er. GOt the deal on Screwfix witha free impact driver. i must say the ID is great.

I can't see why an 18v Ryobi would be useless. God mid range tool. Sure you didn't have it in reverse? Does it have hammer?

I thought that, unlike Lidl, Aldi's specials were nationwide - although it seems that the pork scratchings are an exception.

So which part of the country doesn't eat pork scratchings? Southern poofters? ;-)

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but when plugging tiles, make sure that all the plug is in the wall and none of it is in the tile. Otherwise, the tile might crack, due to the screws ability to expand the plug

If you encounter plugs that have a head on them that prevents you getting it under the tile/plaster, usual trick is to put the plug into the hole and use the right size screw for the fixing and use a hammer to get the plug below the surface. If it does not go down as far as it should, get a claw hammer, with suitable protection to the wall and remove both the plug and the screw. Or drill the plug out with the same sized masonry bit that you drilled the original hole.

You can also get long strips of parallel plastic plugs that you can cut to length that have no heads. You will have to ask to find these.

Some things come with plugs for the wall and include screws that are not suitable. You can spot these because they are threaded right to the top of the screw and are parallel. These screws may not expand the plug enough. Always use tapered screws like those used in wood. Try not to have any of the plain shank of the screwing the plug as it might bind up before the screw is fully home.

Dave

Its not in reverse lol. It just doesnt seem fast enough. Its only had the one charge so may need another but the mains one was a breeze. Yes it has hammer

I've never had that happen, and I've plugged tiled walls many many times. You've got to use the right sized screws[1] - 4mm for red plugs is as big as I'd go. If the tiling's on plasterboard you have to mount onto the tile anyway - there's no grip in the plasterboard. (You can't mount anything heavy this way but it's OK for e.g. shower riser rails).

I despair of some folks :-(