Metallics WAKJ15D Anchors 1/4 Red Plas Wall Ancr Kit, 12 (Jar 100)

The WAKJ15D kit is built around 1/4 inch red plastic wall anchors, packed in a jar of 100. Red is the common color coding for the 1/4 inch plastic anchor, so if you are matching what is already in the wall by color, this is the one to reach for.

Expansion-style plastic anchors are a drywall and hollow-wall fastener for light loads: device plates, conduit straps, boxes, small brackets. They also work in masonry and block where a drilled hole holds its shape. For anything carrying real weight in drywall, or anything overhead, step up to a toggle bolt or a self-drilling metal anchor instead, since the plastic sleeve relies on friction in a hole that drywall will not hold under load.

Order Metallics part number WAKJ15D. That is the manufacturer part number for the 1/4 inch red plastic wall anchor kit in the 100 count jar.

A plastic expansion anchor is drilled to match its own body diameter, so a 1/4 inch anchor takes a 1/4 inch bit, drilled to at least the full length of the anchor so it seats flush. Drive the screw straight; cocking it splits the sleeve and the anchor spins in the hole.

It is a bulk jar of 100 anchors, which is how an electrical or maintenance crew usually buys them, rather than a blister pack of a dozen. One jar covers a lot of device plates and strap runs without reordering.