How would you go about fixing this door latch to the wall?The area it lines up to is just hollow drywall, and these wall plugs obviously don't work too well in thin material. I was thinking some sort of wall anchor, but if someone tries to open the door while it's locked, they might tear out the drywall which is a bigger issue.My other ideas which are worse, is mount a plate to the wall where it's solid, then fix the door latch to the plate. Or drill deep into the wall until I brick (I'm guessing 10cm) and mount it using long screws.
>>2878521Any wood above and below those holes that you can drill into? if there is put a longer oak strip and screw it to the wood
>>2878523Yeah that's what I was thinking with the mounted plate. How ever thick the material is, I would have to move the door handle back which is a pain in the ass
>>2878521Fill the whole with sawdust and woodglue and rescrew.in the screws.
>>2878521Are you serious? Just buy the next size up drywall anchors with screws and put it right back on.
>>2878707Yeah so they tear out again.
>>2878710Okay, if you don;t want to do this (>>2878707) then cut out a piece of the drywall, build something substantial inside the wall that you can anchor into and repair the drywall back over it. Those are your only two options.
>>2878521Here you go.https://youtu.be/D09RJM1cdVo?si=1kCeZnUfaRMYHK4q
>>2878531It was clearly anchored. If the rendered wall is still solid, they can cork the old holes and drive the screws right back in. Just fill the hole with construction adhesive and the best sized dowels or lumber they can get squeezed in (golf tees, shims, drill out a 3/4 circle of 2x4, whatever).Otherwise you're looking at adding a superficial block to screw to or trying to get toggle bolts to grab inside of the wall.
>>2878521for a strong anchor points in drywall, my method is to use screw in threaded plastic fixings, but also bonded in with gripfill (or whatever equivalent adhesive), the drywall needs to be drilled to the right size to accept the fixing then coated with PVA so the gripfill isn't trying to stick to powdery plaster, makes for a super strong anchor point
>>2879645these things
>>2878717I would do this. Take the opportunity to put up some new paint while you're at it.
>>2878521Fix the latch to the trim of the door instead of the wall.
>>2878521How would I go about it? I have a table saw and access to bits of wood. I have utility knives and things. What's your actual setup? This is what I would do>cut two strips of wood, ideally 3/4" plywood 1-2" wide, one the same length as your latch and one 2-3x as long>cut a hole in the drywall the size of the smaller piece. Then slip the longer piece into the wall without dropping it>screw through the drywall above and below the hole into the piece of wood to create a secure mounting point>screw the second piece of wood in, filling the hole>attach latch piecethis will provide some security and look fine, just caulk and paint over it.
