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Gypsum is remarkable mineral that has a number of uses in both the building and agricultural trade. It is known as hydrated calcium sulphate and has the chemical formula CaSO4H2O.

Mined all over the world, this soft mineral is produced in the UK from mines like the Saint Gobain facility and plaster production factory in Kirkby Thore, Penrith, in Cumbria. Research indicates that Spain is the largest producer in Europe of gypsum from mining.

Gypsum is the principal ingredient in writing chalk, drywall and plasterboard, and also in fertilisers that are essential for the growth of food globally.

This interesting video from British Gypsum takes you underground at their mine in north west England where they extract this mineral and manufacture plasterboard and plaster and have a training centre for drywallers.

This company – part of the international Saint Gobain Construction Products Group – also has mines at Robertsbridge in Sussex and East Leake, UK.

Would you like to learn more of how to install the GypWall classic steel stud wall drylining system? Have a look at this training video here:

At Toggler we stock some of the best plasterboard fixings with rugged performance and ease of use so that you can hang a large weight from our butterfly plasterboard fixings and hollow wall anchors.

Please be free to browse our range of heavy-duty plasterboard fixings or call us on: 01733 347348

 

The US-made Toggler range of plasterboard fixings and hollow wall anchors that is made up of four unique fixings that should be a must-have item for every fit-out, signage, and construction contractor!

Read on in this guide to get a better idea of these products and their purposes:

SNAPTOGGLE– An advanced toggle bolt ideal for fixing heavy items to hollow walls.

SNAPSKRU – A self-drilling anchor ideal for fast installation of medium load items to plasterboard walls.

ALLIGATOR – An all-purpose wall plug fixing that is ideal for applications in solid walls, but also works in hollow walls.

HOLLOW WALL ANCHORS – Plastic toggle anchors ideal for a secure, vibration-proof fix every time.

Each fixing has been designed to provide endless solutions to many of the awkward and demanding tasks that trade professionals face when having to install items to cavity and solid walls.

Whatever your fixing challenge, there is a Toggler anchor that will excel beyond the limits of other comparable fixings.

The high-performance fixing range you can trust to solve all of your fixing problems!

Spanning the well-known toggle fixings, specialist raw plugs and hollow wall fixings, Toggler offer some of the best plasterboard fixings available that must be tried to believe how much hassle and time you can save!

Do You Need A Robust Fixing To A Plasterboard Wall?

This is no problem with some of these fixings like the SnapToggle fixings holding a remarkable 100 kilos plus thanks to clever design.

Did you know that an ultra-strong hollow wall fixing like SnapToggle can be fixed in less than 10 seconds through a 13mm hole?

This is important because time is money and if carpenters, drywall, and other fit-out tradespeople can finish a job reliably and faster then there is more money to be made and of course a more satisfied customer.

Do You Need To Fix To A Solid Wall? Try Alligator!

Utilising Alligator fixings from the Toggler range means using what looks like an ordinary plastic raw plug but this is far from the case!

Thanks to their patented design that is demonstrated in the Tifco industries video below you will find that Alligator can hold heavy items like radiators and in fact more weight than some epoxy and adhesive anchors!

When fixing in brick, concrete, or breeze blocks, the Alligator plug extrudes itself rather than expanding, giving an even holding pressure along the length of the fixing rather than just at the point of expansion as with most wall fixing plugs.

If you hit unexpected cavities while fixing – like a hollow brick or thermalite blocks and in hollow walls like tile-over drywall or stud – the screw will open the Alligator plug and lock its thread into the teeth to resist any future pull-out from vibration.

As you can appreciate these are exceptionally versatile expanding wall plugs. We have set out a table below that guides as to each type of fixing: