Bullfix Extra Plasterboard Fixing

Morning Tool Talk, Chris from Minty Property Developments. Today we're going to be reviewing the Bullfix plasterboard fixings. I've never used these, so this is the first time for me as well. So, it's a very unbiased review on this. Not that any are biassed on Tool Talk. Comes with a 20 mil spade bit for drilling the perfect size hole in our plasterboard walls. Instructions on the back so we know what we're going to do. Let's give them a bash, shall we?
I'm guessing because this is just a starter pack that they're all like this. If you want a box of them, they'd come in a smaller box because, as I open that, I would probably throw them everywhere. Standard chuck size so a spade bit.
Right, on that we'll stick our collars in. And do they say top on? It just says top. They don't say top on. They look the same to me. So, it's got little teeth to grip on the extra to the plaster board so they don't just push in. You have to tickle them in with a hammer.
We've got them there. So, you've got your two fishtails. I'm going to call them, spread them out like that. As that's in the plaster board, you push it in, and they push out on the back, giving you a larger surface area for the fixing to grab onto rather than just a small hole.
And then try not to lose them. Here come some little screws with, kind of, a machined end, piece or two.
Feels fairly solid. Will it hold a man? Time will tell.
Fairly solid. No movement in the screws themselves. The whole board's moving. So yeah, I think they're all right. Nice and easy to use. Yeah. Yeah, I'd use these again, it's just, if they came in a box, rather than a flat packet. Because I'll lose them, but yeah, nice and easy, well-made, well-thought-out.

Hi, this is Andy Bennett from Bennett's Safe Gas. I'm going to be doing a review on these Bullfix Ultimate Plasterboard Fixings. I've seen them at the trade show in Birmingham. I believe Tool Talk have got a number of these to be testing. So, I'm going to be testing these.

Also, they've sent these out. These are kitchen hanging brackets. As you can see they're a lot bigger. I think it's to accommodate, because of the size of the hole you need, normal kitchen fixings are just there and that's a bit too close. So, they give these wider brackets. So, I'm going to try them out at some point. Yeah, and then I'll come back with a video of it done.

Okay. This is the pack of Bullfix Fixings for plasterboard. It comes with a 20mm spade bit. This is the starter pack. There's eight fixings in there, eight screws. This is the back. Just quick some instructions. Drill the wall, insert the collar, push in the fitting, tap the fitting into the wall sometimes, and then apply the thing that you screw into the wall. Simple.

Okay. Let's open up the pack. I'm going to take out the spade bit, put it in the drill. Okay. And we're just going to drill the wall. I have used these already, so I'm putting my finger in the wall to clean the back, it does help line it up and open up. Make sure there's nothing behind as well.

So you get the collar. That's it just there. Got some little blades on it that just hold it in place. It is very easy to fit when there's no plaster on the plasterboard and then you just get the fitting. And fortunately for me, this is just going to push straight in with my fingers more or less. There you go. Easy. Sometimes you do have to tap it with a hammer. Sometimes you do have to tap it with a screwdriver and a hammer. I am going to try later on with a 21mm bit to see if that helps a little bit.

So this is my mock up, just a bit of wood and a screw. Just going to screw that in. I'm just going to just do a stupid test, see how strong it is. No science. Let's just be rough with it. Let's try it with the hammer first. Yeah, that has not moved the fitting, it's just dented the wall in.

Let's just yank it off. It takes a lot of force. There you go. It has ripped off, which is exactly what I was trying to do, but the wood broke first before the fitting fell out. There it is. It is a strong fixing, much stronger than the pigtail ones we've used. I would probably guess that it is much stronger than the umbrella ones, but you do need more room with these ones. The umbrella ones don't take up as much room.

Okay. So let's take this back out of the timber and see what it's done to the fixing. So if you just pretend that was still in the wall and you just pull it out. Easy. You can reuse this again. Just to see if we can separate it, which we can. There you go. You can see inside, it's none, no damage. Just the screw thread has bitten into the plastic, which is exactly what you want. And then it will just click back together, roll around, drill another hole, push it in and away you go again.

So this is the fixing that goes into the wall and see some little blade that stops it spinning. It is strong enough. And what you do is you just push it through, tap it with a hammer, maybe a screwdriver and a hammer, and it will just open up just like that. And that gives you the strength at the top and at the bottom, and that's the amount it adjusts. What it doesn't do though, unfortunately, is it doesn't fit 9mm board.