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jsabine in reply to @aggi

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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aggi in reply to @jsabine

Cheers, I guess that using the setting tool does make the spikes somewhat redundant.

@moog I think the bigger versions of those could work but would need to open the holes up even more. They look decent though so may pick some up anyway.

@airhead Cheers, I've got one of those on order

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