Hollow Wall Anchors
Hollow Wall Anchors
A Hollow Wall Anchor is designed to provide a secure fastening into hollow cavity walls such as plasterboard or plywood. The body of the anchor remains securely fixed in the wall even if the screw is removed. This provides an ideal fixing point for fixtures requiring periodic removal, such as shelving, curtain fixtures and light fittings. Please see attached table on each item for grip range, drill size and hole depth.
HOLLOW WALL ANCHORS
Description
Hollow wall anchor is a lightweight two-part plasterboard/drywall fixing which opens the umbrella flaps on the other side as you screw a fastener into it. The housing of the anchor has 4 flaps which are dented in the middle. The flange has 4 sharp teeth facing towards the flaps which are to be embedded into the plasterboard. The neck is the cylindricalpart below the flange which is the grip size of the anchor.
The It works on the similar principle as a pop rivet. You drill a hole put the anchor through the hole with the flaps inside the hole. As you screw the machine screw in the middle the anchor’s housing is pulled forward and hence opening the flaps behind like an umbrella, to hold onto the plasterboard. It is difficult to fix anything to a plasterboard as its hollow and comparatively soft. You must find a stud behind the wall and use a timber screw but that limits you and its difficult to find the stud as well. The hollow wall anchors are extremely easy to use and are very handy for light duty fixes.
They can be installed using a hollow wall anchor gun as well. Once you put the anchor in the pre-drilled hole you hook the head to the gun, and it will pull the bolt clamping the anchor. It is a quicker way of installing the anchor than screwing it manually.
Another advantage of the hollow wall anchors is that you can unscrew the bolt as the anchor is fixed and will not drop behind as it does with the spring toggle. Also, with the spring/wing toggle you must drill a big enough hole to get the wings in which can result in a bit loose fixing in the end.
Hollow wall anchors are immensely popular with electricians, plumbers, construction workers, cabinet makers, frame workers and other miscellaneous trades. Most common use of them is installation of light weight brackets or hooks, electrical fittings or sockets installation, clips or clamps installation, etc.
What The Fastener Factory Stocks
The Fastener Factory stocks few different sizes of hollow wall anchors. Comes in Zinc plated only for internal use in M4 and M6. The M4 comes in 3 standard grip sizes which are 3mm-11mm, 8mm-16mm, 16mm-23mm. The M6 comes in only one grip size of 3mm-16mm.
We stock the hollow wall anchor gun pistol type to suit M4 and M5 screws.
How To Install