UK Storage heater rawl plugs

[Oscardrell]

Hi all, 37 years ago when I installed storage heaters for Norweb, believe it or not, we used fibre rawl plugs. If you know you know..chewed the end to splay it out...
Fast forward 37 years and I'm about to replace an old Elnur for a new Creda heater. Does should a product still exist..? Before I go scrabbling around my oldest tool box or is the answer to use simply use metal rawl plugs?

TIA

 

[davesparks]

Why do you specifically want fibre rawl plugs?

 

[Oscardrell]

Why do you specifically want fibre rawl plugs?

I don't. Just wandering, as it's 37 yrs since I installed one of these what the best 'current ' fixing is?
The fibre ones were the plug of choice for a number of yrs.. but I'm assuming things have moved on..

 

[Taylortwocities]

What is the wall made of?

 

[littlespark]

For brick or block, a decent brown rawplug and the right size screws, at least 2 inches long.

If its on a partition wall, find the studs and drill the bracket to suit if you need to.
Red rawlplugs are too easy to pull out, and dont ever use 'driva' or toggle type fixings with storage heaters on a partition wall.

I too fitted a lot of storage heaters for Scottish Power in about '92 ish for every council house in the area.
They also used the fibre plugs as one or two tenants had managed to pull them off the wall.

Same houses, put a screwdriver down on the kitchen floor, and it stuck fast in the grease....

 

[Oscardrell]

For brick or block, a decent brown rawplug and the right size screws, at least 2 inches long.

If its on a partition wall, find the studs and drill the bracket to suit if you need to.
Red rawlplugs are too easy to pull out, and dont ever use 'driva' or toggle type fixings with storage heaters on a partition wall.

I too fitted a lot of storage heaters for Scottish Power in about '92 ish for every council house in the area.
They also used the fibre plugs as one or two tenants had managed to pull them off the wall.

Same houses, put a screwdriver down on the kitchen floor, and it stuck fast in the grease....

Nice one pal. Will do that, it's on a brick wall. So brown plugs and 2" screws it is..

 

[littlespark]

I’ve possibly still got some fibre plugs from way back in an old screw box…. Along with the 2” x 10 that we used.

Storage heaters, day in, day out… Bloody awful job.

 

[Oscardrell]

What is the wall made of?

Brick pal

 

[Oscardrell]

I’ve possibly still got some fibre plugs from way back in an old screw box…. Along with the 2” x 10 that we used.

Storage heaters, day in, day out… Bloody awful job.

Haha, yep graft mate!

 

[Dustydazzler]

Brown plugs and 50mm screws normally do the trick

 

[R-fur]

I also fitted hundreds of storage heaters for SSEB in the 70s and 80s, we were told that we had to use fiber plugs as plastic ones might melt, thought it was a load of ---- then and still do now. Use whatever fixing is best for the wall.

 

[SagaCU29]

I also fitted hundreds of storage heaters for SSEB in the 70s and 80s, we were told that we had to use fiber plugs as plastic ones might melt, thought it was a load of ---- then and still do now. Use whatever fixing is best for the wall.

There was an instance whereby a thermostat had malfunctioned and the casing became red hot and melted the plastic plugs.
Probably in the day before thermal cut outs were introduced thats why we were told to use fibre plugs.

 

[brianmoooore]

Same houses, put a screwdriver down on the kitchen floor, and it stuck fast in the grease....

Yes, had a few of those.
One I particularly remember was removing a stack of baking trays from inside a kitchen unit. The bottom ones came out, leaving the top of the stack suspended in mid air.
Occupants of this particular property were both secondary school teachers.

 

[pirate]

Clearly 2 science teachers, demonstrating a way in which to defy gravity...

 

[brianmoooore]

One geography, one mathematics. Both heads of department.