Randall,
I've had good luck with the screw in plastic anchors like # 892428 at
Home Depot. This link may get you there.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=100165900
They are more sensitive in plaster, but I used one on each end of the
kid's towel bars in drywall and they held up to lots of pulling and
tugging. I also used a couple to hand a big mail distro center at work.
I found best results by predrilling a hole slightly smaller than the
anchor. With plaster, you need to predrill and not overtighten.
They've held up so far in my plaster walls at the current house.
Brian
Randall wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Wife has a big antique cuckoo clock that she would like hung "right there"
> on the drywall. This thing must weigh 30 pounds, plus every day someone has
> to pull on the chains to wind it up and of course we also live in an
> earthquake zone. She would really hate for it to come crashing down (it's
> supposedly over 100 years old and has some really fragile gingerbread, stag
> horns, etc.).
>
> If I had my druthers, I'd put a screw into a stud, but alas there is no stud
> where she wants the clock.
>
> I'm thinking to put a "molly" type anchor in the wall, and let it's bolt
> protrude to form a hook (the back wall of the clock is about 3/8" thick),
> but thought I would ask if anyone has a better suggestion.
>
> TIA
> -- Randall
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