Screwed - properly stuck.
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Tearing out my kitchen and the screws securing the cabinets to the wall will not budge. They appear to be made of cheese and have been there so long that they're stuck fast in the rawl plug. Short of dremelling them back flush with the wall, any top tips for how to get the feckers oot please?
Racefan_uk said:
Pair of pliers and pull them out complete with rawl plug?
Then put new rawlplugs back in to replace them?
Or is that not the desired effect you're looking for?
Thus far this has not shifted the bugger........Also, can't get the pliers onto the head of the screw in every case bar one.Then put new rawlplugs back in to replace them?
Or is that not the desired effect you're looking for?
Edited by ferrisbueller on Tuesday 17th March 20:17
if i remember you can get bolt removers i think you drill a small hole in the head and then use the remover tool it has a reverse thread on it so the more you tighten the tool the more it grips and loosens the screw!! i still would go for the claw hammer option! or cut a grove and try an impact driver!!
HTH
Andy
HTH
Andy
If you can get to the edges of the head (poss. by hacking away at the cabinet) then a set of mole grips will usually undo the screw where the head is mangled.
As an aside, make sure you are using a high quality screwdriver bit, and that it matches the screw - that is ONLY a no.3 Pozi bit on a no.3 Pozi screwhead, not a random phillips head or no2 etc. etc.
As an aside, make sure you are using a high quality screwdriver bit, and that it matches the screw - that is ONLY a no.3 Pozi bit on a no.3 Pozi screwhead, not a random phillips head or no2 etc. etc.
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