<story><title>Choosing the Right Wall Anchors</title><url>https://www.finewoodworking.com/2021/07/19/choosing-the-right-wall-anchors</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mattlondon</author><text>Not all plugs are created equal.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve found loads are total garbage.  The only brand I have found that reliably works into brick and plaster are Fischer plugs. If I buy something that already comes with plugs, they go &lt;i&gt;straight into the bin&lt;/i&gt; and I use my own screws and matching plugs.&lt;p&gt;Fischer has a lot of technical information freely and publicly available on their website for their screws too (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fiproductmedia.azureedge.net&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;Certification%20Documents&amp;#x2F;DOP%20Documents&amp;#x2F;fischer&amp;#x2F;ZD_DOP_POWER-FAST-II-1_F_SEN_AIP_V1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fiproductmedia.azureedge.net&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;Certification%20D...&lt;/a&gt;).  This is pleasing when you are mounting something that needs to take a lot of weight (shelves, large mirrors etc) and you want piece of mind.&lt;p&gt;Highly recommended - I&amp;#x27;ve basically chucked everything else out and now have 3 different sized Fischer plugs and a variety of matching screws (pan head, counter sunk etc) to meet all my needs.&lt;p&gt;I am not a pro - just a DIYer who has had multiple failures in the past from cheap-ass plugs and screws who initially blamed themselves.  Turns out you CAN blame the tools (well - fixings in this case) since quality fixings solved my problems.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>car</author><text>A bit of an aside, but Fischer also makes wonderful toys under the fischertechnik brand.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fischertechnik.de&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fischertechnik.de&amp;#x2F;en&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Choosing the Right Wall Anchors</title><url>https://www.finewoodworking.com/2021/07/19/choosing-the-right-wall-anchors</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mattlondon</author><text>Not all plugs are created equal.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve found loads are total garbage.  The only brand I have found that reliably works into brick and plaster are Fischer plugs. If I buy something that already comes with plugs, they go &lt;i&gt;straight into the bin&lt;/i&gt; and I use my own screws and matching plugs.&lt;p&gt;Fischer has a lot of technical information freely and publicly available on their website for their screws too (e.g. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fiproductmedia.azureedge.net&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;Certification%20Documents&amp;#x2F;DOP%20Documents&amp;#x2F;fischer&amp;#x2F;ZD_DOP_POWER-FAST-II-1_F_SEN_AIP_V1.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fiproductmedia.azureedge.net&amp;#x2F;media&amp;#x2F;Certification%20D...&lt;/a&gt;).  This is pleasing when you are mounting something that needs to take a lot of weight (shelves, large mirrors etc) and you want piece of mind.&lt;p&gt;Highly recommended - I&amp;#x27;ve basically chucked everything else out and now have 3 different sized Fischer plugs and a variety of matching screws (pan head, counter sunk etc) to meet all my needs.&lt;p&gt;I am not a pro - just a DIYer who has had multiple failures in the past from cheap-ass plugs and screws who initially blamed themselves.  Turns out you CAN blame the tools (well - fixings in this case) since quality fixings solved my problems.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>parhamn</author><text>Are you in the US? There is usually a stud every 16 inches or so here, which obviates the need for too many anchors. Excluding small picture frames, I can&amp;#x27;t think of a use case where I&amp;#x27;d rely on an anchor (you usually bridge studs for anything smaller but heavy).</text></comment>