fitting pigs ear handrail

[lencr...@googlemail.com]

how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, size colour of rawl plugs to use and size of hole for rawl plugs. thank you.

[newshound]

On 1/3/2017 4:22 PM, lencr...@googlemail.com wrote:
> how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, size colour of rawl plugs to use and size of hole for rawl plugs. thank you.
>

Do you know the materials of the solid wall? Age / type of house might
provide a clue.

[Andy Burns]

Not for a pig's ear one, but for a metal one of nearly 4m, I used four L
brackets, each with three 50mm stainless screws into lengths of 12mm
dowelling no-more-nailed into the wall ... it has managed to take my
full weight when I tripped over junk stored on the stairs

So I'd drill and use a similar number of fixings, with some allowance
for how much thickness of the rail the screws will be passing through.

[John Rumm]

The last one I did I fixed with 4" 12 gage screws into brown wall plugs
- used about 1 screw per metre. Counter drilled the handrail a bit so
that I could hide the screw holes with wood plugs pared flush with a
chisel.


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Cheers,

John.

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[Tim Watts]

On 03/01/17 16:22, lencr...@googlemail.com wrote:
> how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, size colour of rawl plugs to use and size of hole for rawl plugs. thank you.
>

Your style of english reminds me of a telegram joke (supposedly a true
story):

Some journalist, to Cary Grant, via telegram:

"HOW OLD CARY GRANT STOP"

Reply:

"OLD CARY GRANT FINE STOP HOW ARE YOU STOP"

[newshound]

Wasn't it "....how you stop"?

[tabb...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:22:37 UTC, lencr...@googlemail.com wrote:
> how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, size colour of rawl plugs to use and size of hole for rawl plugs. thank you.

If it's really a solid wall, 3.5" screws into brown wallplugs in 7mm holes should be good. You'd need to trim the lips off the 1st plugs & insert 2 per hole, tap them in with hammer & cut off any protrusion. Ensure the screws are a firm fit, if not, remove them, tap in matchsticks & refit screws.

If the masonry is a little prone to crumbliness you'll need to put glue in the holes before the plugs. If very crumbly, drill hole, remove all debris, brush in a little PVA, fill with polyfilla or similar & redrill at least 2-3 days later.

If it's aerated blocks or hollow blocks it'll feel solid but you'd need different fixings.


NT

[newshound]

On 1/3/2017 5:20 PM, John Rumm wrote:
> On 03/01/2017 16:22, lencr...@googlemail.com wrote:
>> how to fit 4 mtr length of pigs ear handrail to a solid wall with a
>> plaster coat advice on size and length of screws, size colour of rawl
>> plugs to use and size of hole for rawl plugs. thank you.
>
> The last one I did I fixed with 4" 12 gage screws into brown wall plugs
> - used about 1 screw per metre. Counter drilled the handrail a bit so
> that I could hide the screw holes with wood plugs pared flush with a
> chisel.
>
>

Sounds about right for lightweight blocks, certainly good enough for
brick / medium blocks. Perhaps re-drill if you find mortar. I don't
think "my" browns (Screwfix?) will take 12's though, my suitable ones
are blue.

[Tim Watts]

Probably :)