Plaster - how to drill?

May 18, 2008 1 Replies

Hi We have concrete walls that have been plastered over - its only a thin layer of plaster to make the wall smooth enough to paint over



question - if i want to put in all the screws that the plasterer took out do i need to approach it any differently with regards to wall plugs and screws?



IIRC some types of walls require special wall plugs if they are not made of concrete/brick....?



I dont wnat to start drilling the wall and having the layer of plaster crack



Concrete walls? Are you sure? Where do you live - in a WW2 bunker?

If they truly are concrete a normal hammer drill wont touch them, you will need SDS.

Cant see why.

Hollow walls do, if in doubt use Fischer universal plugs that work in everything (they really do)

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I dont wnat to start drilling the wall and having the layer of

Why should it?

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