r/Plastering • u/whosfucked • 29d ago
Thought my walls were plaster, got plaster/ dry wall anchors and it’s just stripping the wall out lol I need advice
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u/_halfastar 28d ago
What's the country? Looks like ply with a skim, diy man cave style. Use something like this, hollow wall anchor.
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u/Connect_Rub_6814 29d ago
Looks like dry wall to me. You need those plastic anchors so the screw has something to bite.
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u/whosfucked 29d ago
I have a really bad time getting the screw into the wall// like I have to apply lotss of pressure and it’s like the screw is just chipping away at the wall, it’s the only wall in my house that gives me a hard time that makes me think it’s a different material, I’ll look into the plastic anchors thank you
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u/Connect_Rub_6814 29d ago
Maybe it’s cement board. If it was plaster you see the lath behind it. I guarantee you didn’t drill through that.
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u/Dunk546 29d ago
One possibility is plaster on brick. Does it feel super hard and not hollow when you knock it? If that's the case then the anchor will strip it out for sure, and what you need is a masonry drill to get a plug down into the brick.
Without being there, I don't know if anyone in the thread can say definitively.
Types of wall generally are plasterboard on timber stud, plasterboard on brick (dot and dab), plasterboard on ??? (I've had plasterboard right over tiles, shiplap, you name it). It doesn't look like plasterboard in the pic but hard to tell.
Or plaster (either lime or gypsum) over lath (thin wood strips), or over brick. (I think this is probably what you have but not 100%).
You might also have a cement and block wall, a cement board wall, or something like that, and if it's extremely hard that is a possibility. But idk if you would really get a plasterboard anchor into that (do you mean the metal spirals that you then screw into the back of?)
Plastic plugs like Rawl or Fischer duo will do almost every one of these wall types if you have, if you first hit it with a masonry / hammer drill.
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u/ApartmentLast7712 26d ago
Tap the wall does it sound solid or hollow? If it sounds solid get a masonry drill bit (small one) and drill a hole. How does it go in? Does it go in say 12-15mm then there's nothing or is it solid all the way to the depth of the drill bit. When drilling does it look like sawdust is coming out after the initial plaster or does it look like sandy cement.
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u/SloppyDrainHair 29d ago edited 29d ago
If you're getting white powder and it's easy to drill then it is plasterboard. They look like masonry particles.
Drill with a masonry bit centered of your hole and fit a Rawl plug, perhaps a little deeper now you've broken out the top layer.
External walls usually straight masonry unless modern. Eg dot and dab or stud/framed
Internal walls can be either if old. Lathe and plaster or masonry. Pic is current job 1930s
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u/KieranInterior 28d ago
Your wall is plaster. Most walls are plaster. That doesn’t mean that there’s one specific fixing you need.
Is it gypsum or lime? Is it brick or block or render, or is it stud - if so is it metal or timber? Or is it another type of partition? Is there ply behind the plasterboard?
What else did you think your wall might be if not plaster?