advice and guidance on wall plug size

Questions about fitting kitchens in here please

Moderator: Moderators

Locked
Brian33
Newly registered Member
Posts: 5
Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:26 pm
Location: Cleethorpes
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 0

advice and guidance on wall plug size

Post by Brian33 »

Good afternoon gents
I would like some advice and guidance regarding the size of wall plugs to use for schrieber kitchen wall units of varying size,the screws that I have are 10x2.5inch and 10x3inch,the construction of the wall is breeze block with dot and dab so there is a small cavity behind the plasterboard.
the plugs that i was going for are Fischer UX6L Extra Long Universal Wall Plug,would they be ok,
any advice would be greatly appreciated ,regards Brian
User avatar
big-all
Pro Carpenter
Posts: 23610
Joined: Sat Dec 16, 2006 10:11 pm
Location: redhill surrey an auld reekie laddie
Has thanked: 736 times
Been thanked: 2341 times

Re: advice and guidance on wall plug size

Post by big-all »

you need for red plugs 1 1/2" in the plug plus the fitting size and a 6-6.5mm
for brown plugs its 1 3/4" and 7mm masonary drill

all this information is on the plastic holding the plugs together

suspect the screws you need will be nearer to 2"

scrub my comments i missed the fischer bit lol
we are all ------------------still learning
speed
Senior Member
Posts: 2594
Joined: Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:26 pm
Location: barnsley
Has thanked: 35 times
Been thanked: 257 times

Re: advice and guidance on wall plug size

Post by speed »

cut the wall out where the brackets are going to be and fix a strip of plywood in the void and use 3"10s
Brian33
Newly registered Member
Posts: 5
Joined: Fri Mar 23, 2012 6:26 pm
Location: Cleethorpes
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 0

Re: advice and guidance on wall plug size

Post by Brian33 »

Thanks for the information from both parties
stoneface
Newly registered Member
Posts: 19
Joined: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:39 pm
Has thanked: 0
Been thanked: 2 times

Re: advice and guidance on wall plug size

Post by stoneface »

I would recommend hammer in square anchors they are very good in d&b walls.
Locked

Return to “Kitchen Fitting”