This is a GeeFix fixing. This is a relatively new type of fixing for plaster
board. So what you do to drill a 25 millimeter hole, you thread that part
through the hole, use the drawstring to push that part in, put a screw in the
centre, remove the drawstring then put two
smaller screws into the other two holes, once you've done that you then have a
fixing. You can remove the center screw and use the centre screw for fixing.
I do have to thank you Ian the inventor on YouTube who made me aware of this
product. I've been in touch with the company and they
kindly sent me out a couple of packs to try. So I'm going to give you a
demonstration of how to use these and then we're going to take the board
outside, I'm going to do a weight test and we'll see exactly how much weight
these can take. Because of the size of the piece at the back there it does
actually distribute the weight over quite a large area of the plasterboard
which should mean that it can take a lot of weight before the plasterboard fails.
In this example I'm just going to fix this bracket to this piece of plaster board.
So I'm going to put it exactly where I want it before marking the fixing holes.
I'm now going to cut that out using a 25 millimeter cutter.
We now need to take the two components, that's the part that goes at the back.
Obviously you have to get that the correct way around. It does have four anti rotational barbs
on the back of it there. So they obviously need to face the plasterboard.
So we'll take that and the round piece and just thread the drawstring through
the top hole. Pull that back round and then feed it through the bottom hole
like so. We can now take that feed it through the hole you can then turn it
around so that you get it in the orientation that you want it, before
pulling on the strings and then pushing in that piece. That will fit
perfectly into the 25 millimeter hole. You do need to pull quite tight on the
string so that it pulls in the anti rotational barbs on the back. We can then
put the screw in the center and tighten up that screw. Once you've done that you can
then pull the string out. You can then insert the two smaller screws.
Once you have done that you can then remove the large screw from the center.
Once both of the fixings are in position we can then take the bracket and insert the
screws.
That has then given us a very good fixing that is probably one of the
best fixings that you can actually get for a plaster board or drywall.