Plasplugs Hollow Door Plugs & Drill Bit 20 Pack

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Lay your piece of batten face down and apply several thin beads of construction adhesive across the face of the timber. In terms of fixing the batten to the door you have two choices; use the same hollow door fixings mentioned above or glue the batten in place using one of the many construction adhesives available today.

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The hooks above also feature a handy support to prevent it from dropping. In most cases if you are hanging heavy items, unless the fixing is supported from below as in the hook diagram above, the weight of the item will eventually cause the fixing to drop. Fixing a Batten to the Door

Take two fixings and pop each one into a hole, pushing them in firmly so that the top of the plug sits flush with the door. Although we have used a coat hanging rail in this example, the exact same principles can be applied to any object you need to fix. Fixing to a Hollow Door Using Batten and Construction Adhesive To improve things even further, Plasplug also make a hook with the fixing included to make your life even easier, this particular product can be seen in the image below.

Plasplugs Hollow Door Fixings 6mm x 23mm 20 Pack - Screwfix

If leaving the door in place and holding with screws, you can either use the hollow door fixings mentioned above or just use some standard screws, we will be using the latter in this case.There is a quite frankly staggering array of fixings available today for pretty much any object and any surface and the same goes for hollow doors, however as with most things, some are better than others. Adhesive Hooks Next, measure and mark both the centre of the door where you want your batten fixed and also the batten itself.

Hollow Door Fixings 6mm x 23mm 20 Pack - Screwfix Plasplugs Hollow Door Fixings 6mm x 23mm 20 Pack - Screwfix

Using standard screws are ok to a point but if any weight or pulling force is applied to them, in most cases they rip straight out, especially when fixing handles to hollow doors due to the forces applied to them when opening and closing the door itself. The first job is to measure the width of the door near the top and find its centre and mark it with a pencil at the point on the door you want your hanger to be fixed. For the purposes of this guide we are going to run through two of the above techniques for fixing to a hollow door. First we are going to use the purpose made hollow door fixings to fix a coat hanger rail to a hollow door and then we are going to secure a batten to the door using construction adhesive. Fixing to a Hollow Door Using Hollow Door Fixings Firstly, cut your batten to the correct length for your needs and then sand off the rough cut edge so it’s nice and smooth.Next measure the width of your hanging rail and again mark its centre. Match up the marks on the door and hanging rail and then use a spirit level to level the hanging rail.