Molly plug near old Molly plug

[Funcadelic]

I renovated at home and took the opportunity to ask the craftsmen to put up the TV stand. It's a string shelf with different modules, and the wall brackets have been screwed up too close to each other. The distance between the brackets should be 60, 80, 60 cm but is only 59; 78.5; 59.5. This means that the modules can only be placed with force, which in turn makes the brackets bulge and look generally awful.

It works okay with 59.5, and my idea was to shift the other brackets to the left to 80 and 60 cm distance. For the first shifted bracket (second from the left), this means a new hole 1.5 cm to the left of the old hole, and for the second bracket (first from the left), it means a shift of 2 cm to the left of the old hole.

The wall is made of plasterboard, and the brackets are attached with molly plugs. If I remove the old plugs, will it work to put new ones so close, or will I damage the wall?

 

[hus520]

Have you considered removing the old plugs?

I'm thinking about how it will be with the new ones. They might get stuck/hit the old ones on the inside of the drywall otherwise.

 

[Funcadelic]

Have you thought about removing the old plugs?

I'm thinking about how it will be with the new ones. They might get stuck/interfere with the old ones on the inside of the drywall otherwise.

I've read that you can get them behind the wall (https://www.byggvaror24.se/ta-bort-mollyplugg) so that's the plan in that case.

 

[Argastesnickaren]

I have read that you can get them behind the wall ([link]) so that's the plan in that case

Use method 1 it is the best

 

[Funcadelic]

Use method 1, it's the best

Thanks for the tip! Will it work to install new plugs so close then?

 

[Argastesnickaren]

Thanks for the tip! Will it work to run new plugs that close then?

It works

 

[Funcadelic]

Nice to hear, thanks!