Wall plugs for plywood cladding

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OllieF

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#301987 20-Oct-2022 17:44

Recently reclad a garage with plywood. Now need to screw something to the wall, but am not sure which wall plugs to buy. Seems to be available for gib and masonry, but I saw nothing for plywood cladding.

Can anyone suggest what product I need to use.

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#2985455 20-Oct-2022 17:49

How heavy is your item and how thick is your ply? You shouldn't need any anchors.

Have you considered prong nuts?

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#2985462 20-Oct-2022 18:08

depends on weight and thickness of the ply

12mm ply should be fine for most things, heavy things should be attached to the studs as with most types of cladding.

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#2985465 20-Oct-2022 18:20

Suggest toggle anchors if it's thin ply

OllieF

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#2985469 20-Oct-2022 18:26

Its a grab rail which has a horizontal bar and a vertical one. https://www.bunnings.co.nz/award-eziliving-32-x-450-x-450mm-90-knurled-grab-rail_p0160264

I cant get every screw point into a stud so was wondering if I should use a plug. The vertical bit is fine - that will go into a stud.

OllieF

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#2985470 20-Oct-2022 18:30

cshwone: Suggest toggle anchors if it's thin ply

I think its 10 mm

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#2985473 20-Oct-2022 19:00

That really needs to go into a stud.

Person using it will rip it out of the wall when they pull on it

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#2985475 20-Oct-2022 19:22

even with plugs it will struggle to hold.

it will be 9 or 12mm ply

would it not have been wise to put blocking in before you relined?

or could you not remove a sheet to put some blocking in there?

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#2985479 20-Oct-2022 19:46

If you reclad, then that gave you the opportunity i
to install additional support into the framing for fixing things to the wall. If your screwed it, can you remove the ply. Toggles will usually not be as strong.

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#2985484 20-Oct-2022 20:30

I had light weight cladding in my garage,

I put a piece of heavy ply bridging the studs to carry a 20m retracting compressor hose reel.

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#2985486 20-Oct-2022 20:39

OllieF:

Its a grab rail which has a horizontal bar and a vertical one. https://www.bunnings.co.nz/award-eziliving-32-x-450-x-450mm-90-knurled-grab-rail_p0160264

I cant get every screw point into a stud so was wondering if I should use a plug. The vertical bit is fine - that will go into a stud.

If the vertical part is in a stud and if it is 12mm ply, then I am not sure adding toggles will do much to what the wood currently provides. If you really think you need it, gravity toggles are designed to work with plywood. However I suspect you would have as much chance of ripping the ply off the wall or shearing the screws off, as you would pulling them out.

OllieF

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#2985803 21-Oct-2022 12:03

Thanks everyone.

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#2985962 21-Oct-2022 20:50

Jase2985:
would it not have been wise to put blocking in before you relined?

or could you not remove a sheet to put some blocking in there?

If aesthetics aren't a big consideration that could screw'n'glue a strip of 12mm ply along where they want to put the grab rail, than screw the rail into the 22mm ply.