Wall fixings advice sought

Dave Newt · 2012-08-31T20:34:43+00:00

Hi,Any help gratefully accepted!I've been trying to attach a speaker bracket to a wall in the house (1895ish Victoria terrace). The wall is the main front wall of the house, so is presumably brick and plaster. I think some of the top layer is probably lime plaster, as it looks like it, though we recently had it reskimmed with pink and redecorated.Pic of speaker and bracket: of wall: I was drilling the holes for this, the top inch or so did seem kinda crumbly and the drill was making larger holes than intended! The presence of the occasional pebble in the mixture also helped the drill veer somewhat. It was fixed up there with the supplied screws and wall plugs (and I used the 6mm drill bit suggested in the instructions).Close up pic of damage (you can see another pebble there): basically, the bracket (and speaker) fell off the wall within a minute of being put up. Obviously, as well as patching up the walls, I still need to get the bracket up there and keep it up!Does anyone have any suggestions on what filler and/or fixings to use? I could either use holes in the same locations again or go a couple of inches in either direction if new holes are a better idea.I wouldn't mind quite so much if we hadn't just paid to have the room reskimmed and and decorated. (And there was me thinking the lath and plaster wall would be the difficult one - but I found the stud :-)Cheers for any help!Dave

Aug 31, 2012 23 Replies

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Dave Plowman (News) 13 years ago

True - have you a Wicks handy? They're cheaper than Homebase. Almost anywhere is. M6 ones need a 12mm hole in the wall. They are big enough to expand between bricks if you hit the mortar course and get a good grip that way.

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Dave Newt 13 years ago

The easiest one for me to get to is Screwfix - a 5 min walk from the tube station which is half way on my journey home.

And that's what I've just done - so we'll see how it goes!

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Dave Newt 13 years ago

To-do List:

1) Go back to Screwfix and get a 12mm drill bit.

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Chris J Dixon 13 years ago

Why do they insist on serving butter fresh from the fridge, and thus unspreadable?

I have got used to putting the butter pat on top of the teapot for a while, which can give you a fighting chance.

Chris

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