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Seems like a weird design. Is the intention you use both of the lower fixing holes?
For dry wall one fixing in the top and one in the bottom would be better. Duoplugs might do the job but I would lean towards a mechanical fixing myself.
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Could you use a timber batten on the outer face of the wall, fixed to studs, with the rail bracket fixed to the batten? That would avoid the need for plasterboard fixings.
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You might get better long term results by fixing that in to a wooden baton that’s then fixed on to the drywall. You’d get the job of patching the drywall after you’ve got it in though.
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Duoplugs all the way.
If there’s a bigger void behind and there’s more weight going on it then the fisher plugs with the long zip tie which allows the plug to either flip and pull tight behind the board or stay level and go into masonry. -
Sounds like you might have already done it, but about the only plasterboard fixings I bother using anymore are the metal anchors like this: https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-hollow-wall-anchors-8-16mm-m5-x-52mm-10-pack/12229?tc=BC6&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk6SwBhDPARIsAJ59GwcnPwvudm2nhI27huOrH-83EY99TVYZnsH0RnDFzPoIE1pREeLett4aAve2EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Yes you need a fixing tool, but they're absolutely solid. You can bigger/smaller ones depending on the weight needing to be hung. And I'd just ignore the middle hole on that bracket like others have said.
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Plasterboard fixings. Something I don't know a lot about, I've used Gripits a few times before, but I have a feeling they're not ideal for these rail brackets I need to put up in an alcove cupboard, with the two screw holes close together.
I have some Fischer duo-power plus already which I believe can be used that way. One side is an external wall but seems to be boarded, the other a very hollow sounding partition to the stairwell.
The rail will be for kiddy clothes so not massively heavy.
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