Browse Forums Bathrooms and Laundry Re: Affixing accessories 5Aug 20, 2012 3:26 pm Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Affixing accessories 7Aug 21, 2012 7:35 am Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Affixing accessories 8Aug 21, 2012 10:18 am Quote: I believe the way most masonry fittings work is they expand inside the masonry, as the green plug does when you put a screw into it, and that expansion can crack tiles I have always been told! As myself and CEK says above , green plugs are fine. If it's a masonry wall, tap the plug into the hole deeper than the tile with a nail punch or similar and let the bricks hold the plug not the tile. One thing I almost always do is throw away the screws that come with the fittings ( unless they have to be a special sort or are seen ) and use 40mm plasterboard screws instead - the thread goes all the way up to the screw head for better holding power and won't split the tile. Timber framed wall and villaboard is a different kettle of fish, that's why we used to cut 100 x 50mm nogs to suit and nail them on their side for fixing. Otherwise you have to use green plugs... Never used a diamond tipped or other type of drill either , just your bog standard TC tipped drill bit to drill the holes. What I have used also on some really hard vitreous tiles is a 3mm TC masonry bit first to drill a pilot hole then the 6mm one - both have to be sharp though. I've only ever cracked a couple of tiles in over 35 years of doing renos too. Stewie |