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Soul in reply to @Bobbo

I've had a consistently unpleasant experience with these... even in our new build with perfectly solid plasterboard walls, they have a tendency to pull out and gouge huge holes in the wall. They also leave colossal holes (at least for the larger size ones) which are a pain to patch.

I've now replaced all of these (where they existed) in our house with hollow wall anchors. Much easier to set, much more solid.

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branwen in reply to @Soul

The only comment with hollow wall anchors - which is obvious in hindsight, but not something I initially cottoned onto - is that they need at least the full depth of the anchor behind the plasterboard for them to seat properly, otherwise they just crush and collapse.

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Soul in reply to @branwen

True, though I’ve managed to used them on external walls with dot & dab plasterboard by drilling into the block work behind to make sure they have room to seat before using the setting tool.

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