How Do You Re-Hang A Fallen Hand Railing On Plaster Walls?
If you’re forced to use wall anchors, toggle bolts are your best bet. They’re designed to work on either drywall or plaster and may be used when the wall is hollow and has sufficient space behind it to accommodate the toggle. In your case where you have plaster, there are probably 4 alternatives: 1. Plaster over lathe (thin horizontal wooden slats), with lathe attached to studs. 2. Plaster directly onto brick. 3. A hybrid, where you have plaster on lathe, which is then attached to brick using attached to the brick using a frame. 4. Plaster on metal lathe. In scenario 1, you’d be best to attach the handrail to a stud, if there’s one exposed by the hole. If not, I’d recommend doing a variation on what Chazlarson said. To start with, make a sufficiently large hole that you expose the studs on either side of the hole. Then attach a piece of drywall to both studs (if you wanted to do a simple repair and just repair the hole, his suggestion would be fine, but given you want to attach a handr
