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If you're putting a stair gate in the same place, save the proper fix until you're done with the stairgate.
Screw in a length if 2x1 batten with >=4 screws, and attache the Stargate to that.
That way, you spread the force across lots of holes, whereas the gate alone might be putting it all through one screw at a time.
NotThamesWater
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What’s my best bet for fixing this? Had a stair gate here but the 100 year old plaster has come away. Seems to be an annoying feature in our house. So I guess I need to fix deeper into the brick. But I need to use the same location / hole, and fox the plaster that’s come away. Correct to:
Drill deeper, vacuum dust, fill with no more nails, stick a rawlplug in with a screw in, leave to cure. Then fix plaster with polyfilla. Then unscrew the screw, hang stair gate, tighten screw??
Needs to be strong as it is used a lot!