About Us For more information about Lifehacker Australia, visit our about page. Lath and plaster is a very old method used for plastering non load bearing petition walls. Technical Something not looking quite right? Contact our tech team by email at office AT. Advertising To advertise on Lifehacker Australia, contact our sales team via our advertising information website.
Lifehacker Australia runs all the best tips and posts from the US, eliminating the ones that are irrelevant for Aussies and adding our own daily helping of tips and tricks with an Australian focus. We provide tips for technology and for life which you can use to make yourself more productive, with an emphasis on free software and tools you can put to use online. This hole will help you guide the screw and wall anchor into the wall. RSS | Twitter | Facebook Part technology guide, part productivity tool, Lifehacker helps you organise your workday and maximise your playtime. Drill a Pilot Hole Using a drill with a masonry bit, drill a pilot hole into the plaster and lath. About h1 Email tips or questions to the: Lifehacker Tips Box Phone: +61 2 8667 5444 How to contact our team.Push or hammer the anchor into that hole, and then you can screw right into your anchor. Make sure your drill bit is the same size as your plastic anchor or just a bit bigger for a snug fit with the screw, then drill right into the blue tape. To prevent cracking and crumbling you’ll need to pre-drill holes for your screws, and you can start by taping down a strip of blue tape before drilling holes into the wall - it’ll help make clean hole without as much crumbling. This video from eHow at Home offers a great example. Using painter’s tape for marking and drilling can help prevent crumbling and cracking while you screw into the walls. I hung the radiator using spring out plasterboard fastenings, but a visitor has accidentally fallen and partially dislodged it, damaging the plaster and some of the laths. This is an outside wall, at least 150 years old with 2 layers of brick and a lath and plaster inner liner. Then you’ll need two-inch screws, plastic anchors, a drill, and your drill bits. I have a small 60圆0 cm radiator on my kitchen wall.
Purchasing a cheap stud finder is the easiest way to get it right. If you’re hanging something like a television mount, make sure you find the stud in your wall first. These particular hooks don’t need anything other than measuring tape and a hammer however, AS Hanging Display Systems warns against using plaster nails, which tend to cause cracking. If you’re only hanging pictures or other items weighing 14 kg or less, plaster hooks will do, as they’re angled to evenly distribute the items’ weight.