Hanging Very Heavy Art

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I picked up a nice piece, I think total weight is around 30kg 13kg. We have dot and dab platserboard and I'm loathe to drill through into masonry so looking at something like these:

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk/products/gripit-brown

Ive also looked at spring toggles and snap toggles but I'm not sure how deep the cavity is.

So assuming I've fixed these into the board, what do I actually use to hand the cords from the painting? Do I just leave the screw protruding slightly?
 
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What is it, made of lead?

Aluminium :D

I was being silly with the 30, it's actually 13kg I just weighed it.

So Gripfix do a picture kit, i'll use 2x red's that are 74kg each should do just fine; they come with a hook/eye that goes over. Now to get up a ladder in the stairwell. literally terrified.
 
Sorry, I see the 30 thing was silly. The weight as per the second post of mine is 13kg, so the 3x 74kg gripits should be ample.

I hung my TV from the block work and had lots of problems with crumbling and had to keep moving it round. Bit of a nightmare to be honest and I'd rather avoid it if I don't absolutely need to. Crappy newbuild is crappy.
 
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