Metal Rawlplug Removal

[bigtinca]

Hi,

How do i remove a modern metal plasterboard rawlplug, preferably without hacking out a larger hold in the wall than the plug.

[JSB]

If it's proving really troublesome can you not drive it further in and plaster/polyfill over it?

[Hammer]

Turn a screw round the wrong way with the head over the plug, and give the pointy end a whack with a hammer. This should know it in far enough to fill over as JSB suggests

 

 

[luckystrike]

Or you could just carefully use an electric drill.  Just put the drill bit as far into the plug and hit the power button, and hey-presto!

[Tweed]

If it's the type I'm thinking of, just unscrew it, using a star screwdriver.