Talk:Molly (fastener)

There's a problem with one of the links. The link to the Trademark office no longer links to the referenced patent (note 2) - the linked website says the search has expired and I couldn't find it when I searched for "molly".

Since links to that site seem to expire, it might be best to place the search terms in clear so someone can recreate the search when it fails.

Cheers, Neil.

Interset

This article is written in US terms. In the UK, "drywall" is "plasterboard" these things are called "Interset" fasteners (or so says my local builders' merchant). And don't waste time trying to tighten it with a machine screw. All that will happen is the toothed head will spin and dig into the plasterboard. Instead, you need a tool called an interset tool or similar. You push the plug into the hole, with its machine screw loosely in place. Then you grip it with the interset tool, and squeeze the trigger handle tight. This pulls the screw out while holding the plug in place, causing the plug to buckle and spread behind the plasterboard. You are left with a screw socket in your wall.

My life has changed since I bought one of these tools. You would not believe how useful it has been, and how many places you will want to fix something to the wall.

A link to plasterboard fixings: http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/plasterboard-fixings/cat840020 87.113.51.124 (talk) 10:50, 18 March 2014 (UTC)