Metallics WAKJ14QDB Anchors 1/4 Blu Plas Wall Ancr Kit, 1 (Jar 200)

Plastic plug anchors like this 1/4 inch Metallics anchor are at their best in solid base material, masonry, block, brick, plaster or drywall backed by framing, where the plug expands against something firm. In hollow drywall with nothing behind it they carry only light loads such as a device plate, a small raceway clip or a low voltage box. For anything heavy on hollow gypsum, a toggle or self drilling hollow wall anchor is the right call instead.

The WAKJ14QDB is a jar of 200 blue plastic wall anchors in the 1/4 inch size. It's packaged as a kit in a single jar, so one order covers a full day of fixture and device mounting rather than a handful of anchors.

Blue plastic wall anchors are sized by the anchor body, so the 1/4 inch Metallics anchor goes into a 1/4 inch hole drilled with a masonry bit for block, brick or concrete, or bored clean through drywall. Drill the hole slightly deeper than the anchor so the plug seats flush and does not bottom out before the screw pulls it tight.

The WAKJ14QDB jar is an anchor kit of 200 blue plastic 1/4 inch anchors. Match them with pan or hex head sheet metal screws sized to bite the plug and long enough to pass through your fixture and still engage the full length of the anchor.

Yes, that is the usual use for these. Metallics sells the 1/4 inch blue plastic anchor as electrical trade hardware, and it is what an electrician reaches for to hang one hole straps, mini raceway, box mounting brackets and low voltage plates on block or concrete. Drill, tap the plug in flush, then drive the screw.

For MRO carts and maintenance shops, the 1/4 inch blue plastic anchor is the common stocking size because it covers most light duty screw mounting on masonry and plaster. Buying it as a 200 count jar under one part number, WAKJ14QDB, keeps a single line item on the shelf instead of several loose packs.