Screws for interior walls
I'm looking to hang a second smoke detector in my TT closer to the bedroom. I've gotten the perfect spot on the wall picked out over the bathroom door, but of course there doesn't appear to be any stu...
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stationaryfulltimer wrote:
I've used a wall anchor in the past to fix a window valance in the camper and all I got was a big hole where the anchor was and then spun as soon as the screw bit into the anchor. The walls are definitely too thin for any sort of anchor. I'll probably go the #6-8 screw route.
Then you installed them improperly. In thin walls like in RVs you can't collapse the anchor relying on the tabs to keep the anchor from spinning. There are tools to do this like the following:
You can also make you own using a pop rivet tool with a threaded screw the same size as the moly threads with the other end ground down to fit in the pop rivet tool.
Larry
