Heavy Duty Anchors

[ACDC]

I am fixing a heavy wooden sign to outside brickwork and will be using heavy duty anchors. I am familiar with plastic wall plugs for fixing screws to walls. Do I simply put the metal anchor into an appropiately sized hole in the wall in the same wall as wall plugs?
Thanks.

 

[breezer]

depends what you call heavy duty anchor.

if it is a rawl bolt then yes (but you should tighten it first,), then undo, then add wha it is you want to anchor then tighten again

 

[ChrisR]

I reckon those are better in concrete, walls are often relatively soft. I usually use Frame Fixings; they grip very well, as deep as you like up to 150mm long. For something like a boiler or heavy sign where the load is all down rather than out, they're hard to beat. Far better than Hammer fixings, which look similar.