Falling apart

bartlettj wrote:

GrandpaKip wrote:

Walaby wrote:

bdpreece wrote:
Buy a box of wooden matches and a bottle of glue. Remove the screw, swab a match stick with glue,stuff it in the hole and break it off flush. After the glue dries re install the screw with a dab of glue on it. No problem; only several thousand more screws to go. Think I am on my second box of matches now.

Yup.. This... Or toothpicks.

Mike

That's fine for wood framing, but not so much for an aluminum framed styrofoam box.
Then it's time to find the best expandable wall anchor, though, on occasion, the next size screw sometimes works.

I use dowels for screws in the styrofoam- drill out the screw hole with a forstner bit the size of the dowel, coat it with styrofoam compatible glue, then press it in, let it dry over night, then drill a pilot hole for the screw, holds well. You can use really big diameter dowels if needed, just don't drill all the way through the wall. If you glue in the dowel proud of the wall you can use a flush cut razor saw to trim it to length pretty easily.