bad walls + radiator = not good.

[obseen16]

hi everyone,
my word this is my 3rd post in a week. i have a slight problem. i need to put a radiator on a stud wall. thing is its one of the really old type stud walls (before plasterboard was invented) the plaster that is there already is very crumbly looking and some of the wood strips that the plaster is adhered to are showing. would i be right in thinking that the best solution to this is to chop out a few strips and attach timber battons from the vertical beams either side of the radiator and then attach the radiator brackets to the new battons? then plaster over the exposed battons to neaten it up.

the rad that im putting on is only a 600x600K1 type and it cant really go anywhere else.

or is there an easier way of doing it than this?????

cheers guys.

J

 

[365drills]

Sounds like the old fasioned Lathe and Plaster method where small strips of wood were used as a baton and the top coat placed on that.

Yes I would be stripping back the wall to find the most solid surface. Just make sure the customer is in agreement and ready to pay for the remedial work.

If no studs exist to take the weight of the rad - you need to create them.

If the house is Grade2 listed the repair is usually with EML (Expanded Metal Lathing) rather than plasterboard. But if its just an old house you can patch with standard plasterboard and flexible filler on the edges. Then skim.

Assume you are looking at something like this?

 

[obseen16]

thats exactly what i was looking at, i sorted it out a while ago by cutting out the plaster and taking the thin wooden strips out and then placing some timbers accross the vertical supports and then attached the rad brackets to these. the system is now bled up and looks tidy. cheers