IamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL the plastic wall plug, used in homes and construction worldwide, was invented by German engineer Artur Fischer in 1958. His simple nylon dowel forever changed how we hang, fix, and build.www.utubepublisher.inexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkTIL the plastic wall plug, used in homes and construction worldwide, was invented by German engineer Artur Fischer in 1958. His simple nylon dowel forever changed how we hang, fix, and build.www.utubepublisher.inIamNobuddy@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoMolly’s are my favorite for drywall. They distribute the load well, and don’t move once in place. I don’t like those “new” plastic screw-in anchors for drywall. They do work well, but they make as big a hole as molly, without the stability.
minus-squareOnomatopoeia@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoAnd these are the wrong ones for any kind of drywall, which is like 97.2% of homes in the US. Even brick often has drywall or plaster on the interior now. They work well in hard materials, like brick, concrete, etc.
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Molly’s are my favorite for drywall. They distribute the load well, and don’t move once in place.
I don’t like those “new” plastic screw-in anchors for drywall. They do work well, but they make as big a hole as molly, without the stability.
And these are the wrong ones for any kind of drywall, which is like 97.2% of homes in the US. Even brick often has drywall or plaster on the interior now.
They work well in hard materials, like brick, concrete, etc.
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