Dry lined / Plasterboard wall - Anchors not fixing

eigrod

Hi

Complete amateur here. I'm trying to put a small coat hanger under my stairs on a dry lined/Plasterboard wall.

I drilled 2 small holes and tapped 2 screw anchors in. However, when I then go to screw the screws in to the anchor, one of them just keeps rotating and won't fix - the plaster just crumbled at the back and thus made the hole too big.

Is it the case that I've just done this badly, or is there a better solution than the screw anchors ?

Using this type of screw and anchor



Thanks
eigrod

Elbow

Toggle fixings are what your looking for



Drill a 3mm pilot hole into the slab first and you'll be flying it

jack of all

The fixings shown are not toggle fixings, and I'm not a fan of them- if they don't work out they leave a large ugly hole. They're fine for light duty loads, fixing smoke alarms etc. For your job I recommend these:

http://ballymounthardware.com/?product=rayfix-gold-plasterboard-fixing-2

"Rayfix" hammer in fixings- easy to use, no drilling required, just hammer in firmly. They expand when you drive in a screw and don't mess up your wall. If you want to remove just pull out, and they don't leave the wall a mess when you do this!. I think they'll hold up to 60kg per fixing, depending on the substrate etc. I wouldn't use anything else for plasterboard, in most instances and they are relatively cheap, about 30cent per fixing.

Elbow

jack of all wrote: »

The fixings shown are not toggle fixings, and I'm not a fan of them- if they don't work out they leave a large ugly hole. They're fine for light duty loads, fixing smoke alarms etc. For your job I recommend these:

http://ballymounthardware.com/?product=rayfix-gold-plasterboard-fixing-2

"Rayfix" hammer in fixings- easy to use, no drilling required, just hammer in firmly. They expand when you drive in a screw and don't mess up your wall. If you want to remove just pull out, and they don't leave the wall a mess when you do this!. I think they'll hold up to 60kg per fixing, depending on the substrate etc. I wouldn't use anything else for plasterboard, in most instances and they are relatively cheap, about 30cent per fixing.

Sorry jack of all, correct name is spit driva tp12, i'm going to have to disagree with you on the light duty loads though, I've used over 5000 of these fixings over the past 12 months and the only time I've seen them fail was when a client decided to hang off a unit that was being held up buy them.

I will agree that they leave a nasty hole though

jack of all

Fair enough, we'll agree to differ, they both have their place.