How To Install Sheetrock Wall Anchors
Pound the anchor into the drywall using a hammer making sure the head is flush with the wall.
How to install sheetrock wall anchors. Start by drilling a hole about the size of the tip of the threaded anchor. Installing a wall anchor of the straight in types of wall anchors this one is perhaps the most secure. With any of this type installation is usually to poke a small hole and either tap or screw in the anchor. Learn about the types drywall anchors and how to use them to hang items on drywall in this lowe s video. Slide the anchor into the hole push the anchor until it seats flush on the wall.
Tap and screw hollow wall anchors into place. As you do the collars on the backside will spread out to clamp the wall tight. It goes into walls without any pre drilling and comes in strengths ranging from 25 to 75 lbs which is enough for most light duty to moderate. Then take your power drill and drive the threaded anchor into the drywall just like you would with a normal screw. As with the expansion anchor drive it in until it sits flush with the drywall.
Then insert your screwdriver and tighten the central screw. Make sure the holes are not too small because this may cause the anchor to collapse onto itself.