Should be fine. I've hung a small mirror weighing about 5kg with just the single metal self drive fixing without any issues. As long as you don't overtighten it, they are pretty secure. They are only quite weak when pulled towards you, which is why I wouldn't use them on ceilings.
Best fixings to hang light mirrors and a heavier one?
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Should be fine. I've hung a small mirror weighing about 5kg with just the single metal self drive fixing without any issues. As long as you don't overtighten it, they are pretty secure. They are only quite weak when pulled towards you, which is why I wouldn't use them on ceilings.
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Gripits will work if you use the ones with a bolt and a nut rather than screw. That way you can have something sticking out to slot into the keyhole on your mirror. But tbh the screw in metal plugs will also work.
Edit: in my head a bolt is straight, a screw is pointed. Engineers will say this is claptrap
As I have already drilled the 15mm hole for the grip it's I'm trying to decide if I can somehow get away with them still! I can put a screw almost all the way in and just the pull the wings up against the wall by pulling the screw out towards me. I imagine that will hold as long as the screw isn't pushed back again thus moving the wings back!
Doesn't seem too safe though but it is currently hanging like this lol.
I wonder if I could spot weld a washer to the screws. Then the washer would tighten up against the grip it thus pulling the wings against the wall as intended.
Funny you mention engineers. I am a mechanical engineer but anything around the house.. I'm clueless or just not confident perhaps
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I'm mistaken its 5.5kg so lighter than I thought.
So you have that in the wall, then the screw sitting out a bit to just hang the item on the head?
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Should have just gone with those
*actually No :O that's what I went for originally and the screws supplied were much longer than the self drive part which gave me the impression they too were for fixing things up against the wall of a certain thickness. Probably loads of different types or I could have just found shorter screws I guess!
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