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Plastic wall plug alternatives

Nathan Rose
Hi all, 


Just wondering what people are using instead of the good old fashioned plastic wall plug? I’ve got a run of swa to pull in and am looking for something to meet the new regs. 


Ive seen the dewalt wall dog screws but have seen mixed reviews about them. 


Thanks


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    wallywombat:


     


    Fitzy71:



    London Firefighter.....


    And we would've been well out of the building by the time the plaster/walls started to collapse.


     




    Yeah but the point is to stop cables faliing before the plaster/walls start to collapse.


    As I said, I've never seen or heard of  plastic rawlplugs melting and therefore letting cables start falling, especially before the plaster starts to fail, bricks have to get extremely hot (takes a long time to do so) before their structure starts to fail, 9 times out of 10, civilians and firefighters are well out of the way if/when this happens.  Unlike what they show you in the movies and on tv, wall collapses are quite rare.




     

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    wallywombat:


     


    Fitzy71:



    London Firefighter.....


    And we would've been well out of the building by the time the plaster/walls started to collapse.


     




    Yeah but the point is to stop cables faliing before the plaster/walls start to collapse.


    As I said, I've never seen or heard of  plastic rawlplugs melting and therefore letting cables start falling, especially before the plaster starts to fail, bricks have to get extremely hot (takes a long time to do so) before their structure starts to fail, 9 times out of 10, civilians and firefighters are well out of the way if/when this happens.  Unlike what they show you in the movies and on tv, wall collapses are quite rare.




     

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