Plasterboard Fixings TEST Drywall plugs test How to fit plug & fixing
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Hi . I'm testing some most common plasterboard plugs and fixings,,
showing how to fit them into cavity wall and testing the strength with wall bracket. Enjoy and subscribe to my channel for more videos.
Really really helpful - great to see how they each work, and to have the benefits of each thoroughly explained. You saved me hours!
Even after 4 years still a brilliant video 👏🏻 👏🏻
Thankyou. I want to fit a bathroom cabinet and now know what to use. Brilliant! 👍🏻
Two small points:
(a) You don't actually need a setting tool for the wall anchor at 10:30. Screwing the bolt into the plug also compresses the plug. The setter makes the job faster and more convenient, but it's not necessary.
(b) the Grip It plug is great for when you have only a very small gap between the plaster board and the wall.
How do I know if there is a gap between plaster board and wall please? I need to hang heavy curtain pole and I am confused what to use.
@@usables4028 drill a small pilot hole and push a screwdriver through until it hits the wall, will tell you whether you have the space for a longer fixing/screw
thank you ! for people like us who has no idea of these fixing, this is very helpful.
Very underrated video. I found the video extremely helpful. Thanks How2D2 :)
This is a great video, I would’ve liked to see them tested to failure though to make a truly equal test
You don't need to have the tool for hollow wall anchors. They can be set with a screwdriver turning clockwise. Tighten with a screwdriver by hand until you feel resistance. The tool is for easy of use and professionals that need to install hundreds of them a day. To hang a TV and install 4-6 of them just use a screwdriver it will be fine.
That se really good to know. Thanks for that tip!
Very helpful. I was wondering how to fix large whiteboards to a plasterboard wall. After watching this video tried the UX6 plugs and they worked perfectly.
I am very grateful for your video. Just what I need now in the new house I am renting. Thank you so much.
Very nice video. I understand lot more in between how to using these comparison each product.
Excellent video. Very straightforward and clear. Thank you.
LoL the one for 'hanging light pictures on the wall' is what I used to hang my 65 inch TV
Still got a working 65" tv on the wall? :P
I use those screws to help hang one side of my wall desk.
Find some cheap shelf brackets on ikea or online, and it supports well enough to stand on
@@RoxusRemo You're playing with fire. LOL
@MJcato: The last one can hold about 8kg at maximum. So if your TV is about 20kg and you use 10 plugs (since they do not need extra space on sides so you can put them more closely) I do not see any problem with it.
You absolute beast
i would've liked to see a testing to destruction on all those fittings.
Such a great lesson with a very wonderful explanation. Well done mate
I love how this DIY video shows him using an electrical insulated screwdriver for attaching a wall fixing, and a wrap of mains power cable as a rope.
So glad I found this, I’m going to be wall mounting an OLED tv and scared it will come off the wall!
Did you end up doing it? And what did you use to put your TV up? Any issues or all okay?
Spring toggles are the best in my opinion, generally screwing it is not such a problem as the insulation in wall holds it while you screw up tight
Fantastic.... this video was REALLY useful. Thanks for taking the time to make it and share.
How come the only one that pulled out of the wall was the only one that you pulled on?
nice review. great to see the disadvantages shown as well not just the positives
Exelent!! Thank You !!❤
Standard 12mm plasterboard?
In Australia standard thicknesses are 10mm, 13mm, 16mm
10mm is generally used for most domestic dwellings. 13mm and 16mm are an extra, or specified for fire walls.
Hi great video there, I have just moved in to a new house and the walls are studded what a nightmare, UX6 they look good to me. I have tried the last one it's really crap the last fitting is 100% a no no for me. them UX6 look good for a good grip, I just put a dark board up with 30mm for solid walls only seems to work for me it,s up small holes lol time will tell hahah. keep up the good work I will get some them UX6 look great.
Very helpful. Thank you.
Hej I would like to hang up radiator 45 kg with out water. What I should use ? With water will be maybe 60kg
You my friend are bloody brilliant 👌🏾
After switching to gripits, I won't go back, have very heavy mirror, TV, and glass frames on them, but the key thing for them is they work when the plaster is close to the wall. Often you have 25mm working space in a new house, which makes the longer ones no good as you can't get them into the wall.
Especially good if going around a lintel for curtain rails etc..
On a plasterboard while using 25mm gripits, what would be you weight limit guess? Got to hang a 55” 19kg tv on plasterboard in a few days and I have second thoughts
@@aaronegro I have a 55" LG TV on 4 Blue Grips-Its with the Arm. Gross weight must be around 30kgs.
@@Runawaygeekchannel just bought 8 of them to hang my just ordered LG OLED. Thank you!
@@aaronegro the hardest part for me was finding a big enough flathead screwdriver to turn the insides. And trun them gently.
I also screw them up by hand to feel the torque rather than electric screwdriver.
Excellent video - thank you!
On the wall anchor you can just screw it in other than using a special tool and it will tighten
Brilliant video mate. Cheers
Good video, thanks for taking the time
Great video mate! Thank you for your work, it helped a lot.
Thanks, terrific video!
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Excellent video thanks.
Great video I need to hang a projector bracket on the ceiling what size anchors would you suggest
Thanks
Mel
These are all ok as long as there is room behind the plastboard.
in that case can you not make some room with a masonry bit on your drill ?
How does the molly anchor get removed from wall once in place? It's great that the screw can be taken out whenever but what if you just need to cover the hole in wall and remove all fixings?
Sink the anchor with a hammer and punch and plaster over it and sand it flush
You can remove the round disc on the front and push the rest of the plug into the wall. Fill the hole with spackle.
Nice comparison video, its nice to see the different alternatives
Very helpful. Wish Id seen this before using those self drive fixings. They are useless. a 5 min job has turned into days work as the wall is now knackered. The product is full of false promise. The shouldn't be allow to sell them .
They are good, but i struggled to learn to use them to start with. I drill a 5-6mm hole and then screw them in slowly with quite a lot of pressure. Don't use a driver, use a screw driver and push quite hard turning slowly
well done
You don’t need a setting tool for the anchor. If you push it in the hole and turn the screw clockwise it will start to open the anchors
That's if the two tiny pins that are designed to prevent the anchor from turning don't shred the plasterboard as you turn
@@JohnCarlyle yes i use a washer , stops that and you can hang heavy mirrors.
Brilliant vid mate. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
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Which of these would u recomend for a 50inch tv wall mount
Im looking at the grip it 25mm size one
I tried them, you don't always get the wings to expand to the fully open position, you also have to make a big bloody hole to fit them, wouldn't risk a TV
I like how you are testing, but there are a few problems with your process. You need to eliminate / reduce the variables as much as possible. Meaning that - each anchor needs the exact same conditions to be accurately measured - same distance from stud and much farther apart. The first anchor you put in was close to the stud and into a clean piece of drywall... The 6th anchor was maybe 7" from stud and into a wall with 6 other holes, above and beside it. Very different testing surface compared to the first anchor. Also the hanging bracket you are using spreads the weight strain over the 12" length. Whether the bracket is hanging exactly 90 degrees vertically or 93 degrees vertically makes a difference. Your second anchor test has the bottom of the bracket leaning to the left.. this changes the direction of the stress on the anchor. No this is not a big deal... but it is different. An accurate test has only one difference (variable) - the anchor - with everything else being the same.
why did you have to push it from behind at 4.43
Great video .Thx !
You can expand it with tightening the screw crew
Why did you stop at 12.5kg on UX6 though!?
Thanks for the information..!!god bless you
Use molly wall anchors from esselle or fischer (or similar)!
Excellent
How do you remove the molly bolts?
Good Video, Good information, Thanks!
excellent..may have just saved me a headache
I've never understood why anyone would buy those Gripit fixings, they are an expensive solution to a problem that didn't exist as we already had the cheaper and stronger and simpler spring toggle and brolly anchors
i cant understand why they are still being sold in shops. who buys them. i never see them used on any job i have ever been on. the almost never work properly and are really weak when you do get them fitted. they are literly the last plaster board fixing i would use.
theres one specific condition he didn't cover - on dot dab plasterboard, where you have 5mm-20mm of clearence behind the board. some of the other fittings bottom out and you can't open them up easily. look at the profile of the gripit behind the board during installation. theres no more than 2mm-3mm clearence needed. thats its application for dot dab-ed plasterboard.
The main advantage is if there is very little clearance behind the board. A spring toggle can't always fit. That is the whole reason the chap invented them in the first place
Thanks for this, very informative video. I'm just curious though, do these fixings have a "life"? Because plasterboard is rather soft I can just imagine the arms of the fixings just digging into the plasterboard and eventually being useless.
That's true I prefer to use a proper screw and screw it into a wooden batten that's behind the plasterboard but if we don't know where are they then use one of these fixings and hope it will hold the load
HERO
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Drill is over tighting the first one screw driver is more suitable
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JUNE 16, 2021
hate plasterboard, more like cardboard. luckily have v little in my 30s house
Your test is pretty useless tbh, I've used these fittings for more than 5 years on a weekly basis and saw no problem at all. I don't fit them manually but with an impact drill and they don't get lose but get a better grip actually. The only item that it will fail is the toilet roll holder or similar things that get used a lot. All my Tellys in my house are hanged up on the wall with these fitting so maybe you don't really know how to properly use them ?
Flat screens tend to pull down, not away from the wall, as they are flat and flush. If you're using it for something like he mentioned, cabinets, those pull away from the wall. Also things like grab bars. That goes with the test he designed, notice the bracket was far from the wall. So maybe he's the one who actually knows what he's testing for, as opposed to someone who is hanging something totally different and golly gosh darn has different results.
@@12tman12 I have never seen anyone using those fixing for cabinet hanging lol. The cabinets are not designed to go on the plasterboard wall unless the wall is reinforced with some wood at the back in which case you are not supposed to use those fixings.
you do not need a tool, just a Philips screw driver,