RG-04Choose the right fixing for your wallSolid brick or block: use a wall plug and screw, 6mm drill bit, 40mm depth. Timber stud: drive a wood screw straight into the centre of the stud, no plug needed. Metal stud: use a self-drilling metal-stud fixing or a metal toggle anchor made for steel studs — never a plastic plug or ordinary wood screw, as these strip straight through 0.5mm steel. Plasterboard between studs with nothing solid behind: use a toggle or hollow-wall anchor rated for the rug's weight. Dot-and-dab: use a fixing long enough to pass through the plasterboard and adhesive dabs into the solid wall behind, typically 60-75mm. Lath and plaster: use a spring toggle, since the laths themselves are too brittle to hold a screw alone. A rug is light, so a metal-stud anchor alone is usually enough, but if the rail is long or heavy, fit a timber noggin between the studs first.