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Is it brick? Looks like a chimney breast? I’ve not used anything special for hanging all sorts on solid walls - just 5/6mm nylon plugs and corresponding sized screws.
Get a second opinion on here though, as I’m no expert!
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What you also want to make sure of is that the hole you still for the plugs is a nice snug one, so make sure you've got a good condition drill bit.
If the rawl plug can move around in the hole then a heavy thing is more likely to pull it out/damage the plaster/wobble.
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I'd be tempted to go with masonry screws if it's going into brick. It's not very clear exactly what's happening since you have those T-pieces that look like they're attaching to the ceiling. If they're not going to be screwed up into a joist then I'd be pretty concerned about just wall-mounting that as it looks heavy (especially when it's covered in clothes) and the mounting plates that will fit it to the wall are small, which means lots of leverage pulling it out.
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are you hanging it on brick? That can be hard to do and you can make a huge mess. Especially if the brick is old. Also your expansion anchor can crack the old brick (less likely, but a real bummer). By the end of the job you may have succeeded with half the mounts, with the remaining being a nearly irreversible mess. And if the mountings are not perfect, they will eventually wiggle out. I would very strongly entertain the notion of finding an alternative solution.
If you do decide to drill into brick, get a good masonry bit from the store and size matched mounting hardware. The right way to do it with with Tapcon bolts because expansion anchors can crack the brick. A 3/16” tapcon into brick uses 5/32” hole for example.... and you really need a good drill and bit to do this correctly. And a vacuum... sorry I've been down this road before.
The only way I'd mount something like that is into the wood studs with good tight hardware. If I couldn't hit the studs, I'd mount a piece of 8" wide piece of wood on the wall with multiple drywall mounts making effort to hit the studs when possible and then mount that rack to the piece of wood to disperse the load. there is a lot of leverage working against you.
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I want to attach this bit of scaffolding to the wall to use as a clothes rail. It’s pretty heavy. What sort of screws & wall plug combo should I use so it doesn’t fall out.
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