How do you stick a sky plastic cover back to a brick wall?

aylesby

What do you use to stick the plastic cover to the outside brick wall that covers the point of entry of the wires that connect the sky dish to the sky box?

Silicone sealant just dries up and the cover falls off.

bryanb

No more nails?

martinthebandit

bryanb wrote: »

No more nails?

and rawlplugs and screws perhaps.

Silicon sealant is not a glue byw

justjohn

use a grommit/cable hole tidy

bryanb

justjohn wrote: »

use a grommit/cable hole tidy

How would that stick the cover to the bricks?

justjohn

same way you stick a rawl plug in the wall. Same principle.

It should be a tight fit if hole is drilled correctly. Use silicone in the HOLE if you messed it up.

googler

Fix it to the wall with screws and plugs (or masonry anchors) and seal around it with silicone or acrylic sealant

ilikewatch

I have attached several "brick burst" plates to cover Sky cable entries over the past 3/4 years and have used silicon to fix them in every case - all of them are still very firmly attached.

justjohn

did not realize it was a brick burst plate, silicon will do the job as many other posters have said

aylesby

Thanks for all the replies.

The problem is that silicon has failed to hold a "brick burstplate" to the wall on three separate installations done by different skyinstallers. The silicon stays on the wall but the plate falls off after 2years. I have been using silicon to put them back but with no success. Theplate appears more rigid over time and bends away from the wall.

Having goggled a gromit hole tidy, I doubt if this can be retro fitted butit is a good first fit suggestion.

So it is No More Nails or screws and rawl plugs this time.

Avoriaz

bryanb wrote: »

No more nails?

That worked for me.

No drilling, no visible screws etc.