Drilled large hole, by mistake, what to do?

[Patrik Lidstedt]

Schmakita's solution! Wooden dowel/wedge and a coarse screw that willingly splits it. Holds like a rock!

 

[schmakita]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply; do you think the wooden wedge holds better than filling the hole with some compound that you let harden as useless suggests above?

The wedge should be large enough so that it doesn't rely solely on glue; the glue is mostly there for filling and to improve the wedge's resistance to being pulled out. Otherwise, that solution will bear well. It's a bit of an old-school fastening method, and maybe not the most aesthetic or quickest option, so it's not the first choice today. But I thought it might fit well in this case...

If you're going shopping anyway and don't mind spending a hundred or two, the anchor compound suggested in the thread will be really solid.

 

[Haba_tsutt]

or you can drill the hole in the shelf a bit larger so you can fit a suitable screw with a head that covers.

 

[pellepe]

Molly with M6 at Classe has an 11mm hole.

Edit: And at Biltema, M6 means you put it into a 13mm hole.

Isn't that a 10 mm M6 screw? As far as I can see in this table on Wikipedia, an M6 screw corresponds to 10 mm in diameter? https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-g%C3%A4nga

 

[pellepe]

The wedge should be large enough so that it doesn't rest solely on glue; the glue is mainly for filling and to help the wedge resist being pulled out a bit better. Otherwise, that solution will work well. It's a bit of an old-school fastening method, but it's not the prettiest or quickest option, so it's perhaps not the first choice today. But I thought that it might fit here...

If you are going shopping anyway and don't mind spending a hundred or two, then the anchoring compound suggested in the thread will be really solid.

Okay. But you can't drill into the anchoring compound afterward, right? To make a new hole, I mean.

 

[f91jsw]

I also vote for träplugg. Träplugg was what was used in the old days before there were plastic plugs, and it worked well.

 

[schmakita]

Okay. But you can't drill into the anchor compound afterwards, right? I mean to make a new hole.

No, you need to insert a plastic plug into the anchor compound before it hardens!

 

[findus42]

You can use these
The 12mm plug probably fits well in your holes.
http://katalog.essve.se/article/?katBid=V70&dokId=wc397869&artNr=

Regards, Findus

 

[pacman42]

Isn't a 10 mm screw M6? From what I can see in this table on Wikipedia, an M6 screw corresponds to 10 mm in diameter? [link]

The screw is 6mm in diameter with M6, however, the head requires a 10mm wrench...

Look at the drill diameter in the table below, and it becomes a bit clearer.