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I was pondering using something like this https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/products/m4x59-interset-cavity-fixing-rawl-p-no-r-sm-04059 but have some concerns that the anti-rotation spikes will crack the tiles when done up tightly? Any thoughts or other bright ideas.
When I had to do the same thing years ago, I just bent the spikes flat using pliers - they went back into the cutouts they are formed from, leaving a (mostly) flat disk to bear against the tile.
Use a setting tool with them - doing them up with a screwdriver mostly works, but there's always one that wants to rotate, and it's a lot more satisfying squeezing them tight than it is spinning madly ...
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On the latest instalment of why are things never bloody easy, all I want to do is put a bathroom cabinet up, I've found that the combined thickness of tiles and plasterboard is about 30mm. This has ruled out the nylon plugs I was planning on using to hang the cabinet as the majority of the length would just be against the tiles and board rather than crumpling behind it.
I was pondering using something like this https://www.orbitalfasteners.co.uk/products/m4x59-interset-cavity-fixing-rawl-p-no-r-sm-04059 but have some concerns that the anti-rotation spikes will crack the tiles when done up tightly? Any thoughts or other bright ideas.
Trying to avoid spring toggles so I don't need to drill big holes in the tiles.