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ajbyesterday at 10:11 AM1 replyview on HN

Those seem to be for drywall. The strongest option is using resin to install some threaded rod, eg fis-v which is rated to 43kgf (shear load) in the lower of the two rated aircrete classes. That's because it spreads through the holes and therefore has a larger surface area of interface. The downside is that it's not removable.


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IshKebabyesterday at 2:30 PM

They aren't; they're for aircrete.

https://www.buyrigifixonline.co.uk/rmd.pdf

> 43kgf (shear load)

That seems really low for shear. The M8 Rigifix say 245 kgf for 1mm displacement in shear.

Also I slightly misremembered the rating for pull-out - actually in 34 kgf, and they are applying a fairly generous 15% safety factor (i.e. tested ultimate strength was 224 kgf). But still, it sucks that you can't just use a normal wall plug and have to worry about this sort of thing.

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