It seems like the identical product to Fischer DuoPower I'm guessing Hillman bought it from Fischer. Sure, for small weights and small screws, like mounting a smoke detector, you can probably just get away with the regular technique using the same anchors you'd use if it were drywall - except, I'd use a masonry bit until you get through the plaster.įor medium weights, what I've used to hang various size pictures on lath and plaster walls is Hillman DuoPower. Some expanding anchors are expecting a specific thickness of drywall past which point they will then expand: these types won't expand as expected in lath and plaster. And if your drill hits right between 2 laths, it's however thick the plaster is there.
#Best anchors for lath and plaster walls plus#
But if you drill in the upper part of a lath, it's plaster plus lath plus another layer of plaster "fingers". If your drill hits the lower part of a lath, the thickness is plaster plus lath. When the first layer of wet plaster is troweled onto the lath, a variable amount of plaster squeezes through the spaces between the strips of lath wood, curl downward with gravity and eventually harden into "fingers" gripping the lath below. It may vary from place to place around the house or even in different areas of the same wall. The second difference is thickness you're not really sure how thick the plaster plus lath is going to be. When you hit wood, you won't know you've hit a stud until you've drilled farther than the thickness of a stud. Oh, and put a bit of blue tape first so your masonry bit is less likely to "walk". The first difference is: use a masonry bit when drilling lath and plaster, then when you strike wood (whether it's a lath or a stud), switch to a regular twist drill bit suitable for wood. The large threaded plastic anchors that work so well in drywall won't work in lath and plaster. The plaster in lath and plaster is more like limestone. Using anchors in lath and plaster is very different from anchors in drywall.ĭrywall is a much softer plaster containing more gypsum or calcium sulfate with a layer of paper on each side.
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