Fixing hanging hooks to light (hollow?) internal doors

red_imps_2003

Hello. We have recently had new bedroom/bathroom doors fitted upstairs. They were just cheap wooden internal ones from Wickes - possibly these ones: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Geneva-White-Grained-Moulded-Cottage-Internal-Door/p/9000218647

Given the price and weight of them they are likely to be hollow. I would like to affix hooks to the back of some of them to hang dressing gowns on but the hooks only came with fairly short screws and I imagine will need additional support to bear a little weight. I am vaguely aware you can get special rawl plugs for affixing load-bearing fixings to plasterboard and suchlike but wonder whether there is something specialist for hollow/low-density wooden materials.

Cheers.

missile

You might be better getting those hooks which fit over the door and do not require screws.

nofoollikeold

Rawlplug hollow wall anchors. E.g. Screwfix 99201. Note you might have to shorten the screws depending on thickness of doors and what you are hanging.

Dean000000

You can get like the sticky ones from supermarkets nowadays...

Or amazon

flashg67

I've had mixed success with holllow wall fixings and resorted to over the door hooks. If you can get a longer style hook, you could screw through to the frame that is at the edge of the door

red_imps_2003

Thank you all for your suggestions. I have to admit I am not a big fan of the over-the-door option. They look cumbersome and inelegant and risk obstructing the closure.

I had not thought about the stick-on ones. Does anybody have any experience of these to indicate how strong they are? That said, my wife is quite picky about appearance and has chosen a particular style of hook she likes, so I would like to investigate ways of getting those fitted first if possible.

The original bathroom door had similar hooks, which never dropped off, but I have no idea how they were affixed, nor do I know how solid the door was. Stupidly I didn't think about the fitting of hooks until after the new doors had been fitted. It was only when the instructions for the hooks mentioned hollow doors that I gave it any thought. I ask here because the instructions aren't clear about exactly what is needed.

nofoollikeold

1. Stick on ones rely on the adhesion of the paint to the door. If they come off, they take the paint with them.
2. I used to do inventories for let properties, and check the tenants out when they left. Nearly every time over the door hooks were used, there was damage to the paintwork of the doors and frames. Some landlords were OK with it, but many would make a deposit deduction to allow for repainting / touching in. If its your own place, its your affair. If you are renting, beware.

keith969

Command hooks - google them. They are great.

Fire_Fox

My flat doors are flush and hollow, but they are fire doors which might make a difference.

We have had IKEA chromed metal hooks on the back of the bedroom and bathroom for years without issue. The base plate is roughly three centimetres in diameter which would spread the load, supported by a single central screw and a regular rawl plug IIRC.

I have a pack of similar style self adhesive (3M foam pads) chromed metal hooks from LIDL that have a four centimetre diameter base plate. The hooks are surprisingly weighty in themselves (300g for four hooks).

According to the blurb they can hold up to 1kg after 'curing' the adhesive for 24 hours: We have not tested that yet tho!

chrisw

I've fixed all ours on using the spring toggle type cavity fixings. They'll never come off!

Eg

https://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-spring-toggles-3-x-50mm-20-pack/7978x

I actually used these hooks with one toggle screw to hold it on and one standard screw sufficient to stop it twisting.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-locke-single-robe-hooks-satin-nickel-39mm-5-pack/3008p