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Secure screws in crumbly wall
May 2024

Secure screws in crumbly wall

How to fix screws in a crumbly wall with white glue and toilet paper, this tip shows: If you want to turn screws into a crumbly surface (such as loam plaster), you can stabilize the screw hole with...

Dowels that hold nothing, part 2
May 2024

Dowels that hold nothing, part 2

What to do with crumbled plaster and large holes in the wall? Quite simply: After drilling, apply assembly adhesive (in addition to silicone and acrylic in injection caskets at the hardware store),...

May 2024

"English" dowel

If you encounter walls in which the other tips do not help: hammer a solid wood chip into the hole. Since the wall is always soft, a large chip can also easily be hammered in. Then just screw in the...

Hang things up without holes in the wallpaper
May 2024

Hang things up without holes in the wallpaper

Before I drill holes in the wall I cut with a craft knife a "V" in the wallpaper. The resulting corner, I then dissolve carefully and fold it up. The hole then comes directly into the bare wall. If...

Apply skirting boards with hot glue
May 2024

Apply skirting boards with hot glue

Mostly baseboards are fastened as a completion for carpet or laminate with small steel pins or dowels & screws. Disadvantage with steel pins: If the plaster or the masonry are too hard, they break...

Hard tiles e.g. Drill stoneware relatively easily with a glass drill
May 2024

Hard tiles e.g. Drill stoneware relatively easily with a glass drill

If you have problems in hard tiles (porcelain stoneware) to drill, you can use a glass drill. This has only at the drill tip a Sperrförmige cutting edge. With this one can then drill relatively...

Release screw lock
May 2024

Release screw lock

Who does not know that: In the workshop, the screw has been fixed with a screw lock. (for example from Loct ...) The screw can hardly be loosened now or only with brute force. The solution: Simply...

Dowels in Rigips
May 2024

Dowels in Rigips

When dowelling in rigs you should NOT work with a stone bur in any case! The hole franks out. First with a wood drill as far as it goes; then continue working with a masonry drill if necessary....

Screw hook slightly turned
May 2024

Screw hook slightly turned

Who has to attach many screw hooks, I have a tip for that. Normally, I have otherwise laboriously screwed with pliers, this was very time consuming and powerful. Faster with a bit extra for screw...

New batteries for the cordless screwdriver
May 2024

New batteries for the cordless screwdriver

If the performance of your cordless screwdriver wears off, you do not have to buy a new expensive rechargeable battery from the manufacturer. There is the possibility of renewal. The defective cells...