DIY question
So, you have to put a bannister on a relatively flimsy stud wall. Do you:
a) Detect studs using ultrasonic doohickey, connect bannister to studs
b) Connect bannister at sensible intervals using magic Stud-Wall-Buster rawlplugs which grab onto the hollow wall from the inside side
c) Shove the thing on with standard rawlplugs, nobody puts much weight on bannisters.
Some cowboy chose option c), above. Disaster! The bannister pulled out of the wall. Do you:
a) Push the thing back on again, pushing the screws back into place with a stern thumb
b) Glue the thing back on with Polyfilla
c) Glue the thing back on with a hot glue gun for added security
d) Replace the errant screw with a new one. That'll fettle it.
e) Remove the screw that came out and its rawlplug, replace with new longer screw and magic rawlplug, screw everything back in
f) Remove the screw that came out and its rawlplug, fill hole with Polyfilla, push new screw into Polyfilla
g) Combination of all the above!
h) Remove the damn thing from the wall and banish it from the house. You have a perfectly good bannister on the other side.
Examples of a) through g) above, discovered in my house, have been rectified through plan h).
In unrelated news, I need to touch up a wall... I can see plasterboard in places.
a) Detect studs using ultrasonic doohickey, connect bannister to studs
b) Connect bannister at sensible intervals using magic Stud-Wall-Buster rawlplugs which grab onto the hollow wall from the inside side
c) Shove the thing on with standard rawlplugs, nobody puts much weight on bannisters.
Some cowboy chose option c), above. Disaster! The bannister pulled out of the wall. Do you:
a) Push the thing back on again, pushing the screws back into place with a stern thumb
b) Glue the thing back on with Polyfilla
c) Glue the thing back on with a hot glue gun for added security
d) Replace the errant screw with a new one. That'll fettle it.
e) Remove the screw that came out and its rawlplug, replace with new longer screw and magic rawlplug, screw everything back in
f) Remove the screw that came out and its rawlplug, fill hole with Polyfilla, push new screw into Polyfilla
g) Combination of all the above!
h) Remove the damn thing from the wall and banish it from the house. You have a perfectly good bannister on the other side.
Examples of a) through g) above, discovered in my house, have been rectified through plan h).
In unrelated news, I need to touch up a wall... I can see plasterboard in places.