FB-04Choose the right fixing for your wall typeFor dot-and-dab, use long masonry sleeve anchors or resin anchors that pass through the plasterboard, bridge the void, and grip solidly in the masonry behind — never rely on plasterboard toggles alone for this job, the pulling force will pull them straight out over time. For solid brick or block with no dab, use standard heavy-duty wall plugs and screws sized for the masonry, no sleeve needed. For a timber stud wall, you need a solid timber noggin fitted between two studs behind the bracket position, then fix with coach screws into the noggin — plasterboard alone will not hold this fixing. For a metal stud wall, standard studs will not take a fold-down bar at all; you need a timber noggin or metal pattress fitted between the studs, or a fixing that reaches through to solid masonry behind, because a self-drilling or toggle fixing into 0.5mm steel alone will pull out under leverage. For lath and plaster, avoid screwing into the thin laths — locate a joist or stud behind them, or fix through to masonry if the wall is solid, since laths crumble under load.