Fixing doorbell plinth securely

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Hi,

I want to fit a new doorbell and plinth as the old one was shot/weathered to heck.

Took the old bit of wood off, there are various screw holes filled with wood/plugs.

The problem is only one matches up to the screw hole in the plinth - most of the diameter of the plinth where you could drill another hole has a gaping hole in the wall behind..

Any ideas as to how I get around this? Thanks in advance..

 
Assuming the dark stuff is wood.
Get 2x small right angle brackets and screw them into each side/ top bottom
Then join the two brackets with a straight strip or piece of timber to provide a base for the screws
 
Get some 2 part resin chemical fixing stuff. Pull out all the rawl plugs, blow out all the dust (very important this is thorough), fill the holes with resin. Start again with drilling fresh holes for fresh plugs. The resin sets as hard as stone. You could put a self tapper straight in to the resin if some of it happens to be in the right position. (Drill a pilot hole first for ANY drilling you do)

Nozzle
 
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Managed it, used a couple of tongue tite flooring screws which have small heads..

Unfortunately the screws to secure the bell push surround were too long and hit the stone behind bending and then when I tried to get them out they snapped.

Secured in place with some slightly-too-big brass countersunk 6 x 1" screws.. until I can get some a bit smaller.

 
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