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That moment the drywall anchor gave up at 1 AM
Hanging a heavy shelf in my hallway last Tuesday, I picked the spot, drilled the hole, and got the anchor seated fine. Went to pull the shelf up and the whole bracket ripped clean out, leaving a fist-sized hole in the plaster. Instead of patching it right then, I grabbed a scrap of 3/4 inch plywood, cut it to span behind the wall gap, and screwed the bracket into that through the hole. It's solid now, but the patch job looks rough and I'm wondering if anyone else has a better fix for a blowout like that without redoing the whole wall.
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xenawhite29d ago
The whole bracket ripped clean out huh? Sounds like every project I touch.
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