Hanging heavy rad on plasterboard wall

[SimonG]

As you are tiling then open it up and timber it out. If you can't do that and not tiling then I fasten a 12" high piece of ply into the studs and then fasten rad brackets to this. Size it right and you can't see it, plus if needed a coat of emulsion over the top.

 

[SafeGasInstall]

or use 6" screws and go through the wall and timber it on the other side

 

[tom609]

its easier to cut out a 4" sq behind the rad and fit a plywood pad and repair takes me an extra 15 mins 100% better job

 

[SafeGasInstall]

I was on a wind up

 

[tom609]

sucked in in like a vacuum niceone sgi

 

[tamz]

or use 6" screws and go through the wall and timber it on the other side

A wardrobe on the other side is handy if you are stuck for a bit wood :smile:

 

[tom609]

nice one ha ha but aint that chip board much prefer ply

 

[Mike Jackson]

I've bolted radiators back to back before on that 2" thick eggbox stuff.

My preferred method is to expose some studs and fit ply level with the plasterboard. If it's not possible to find any studs a piece of ply stuck to the wall with gripfill and fixed with multiple cavity fixings is a lot more secure than just using the holes in the brackets with cavity fixings.

You can also get floor mounting stanchions for radiators.

 

[tom609]

if i come across paramount boarding (egg shell) i cut out 3" sq where the fixings are and use 2to1 bonding and cement goes off in no time at all and really solid

 

[spanner]

Had a few jobs in the past quite simular to this, but the way I had to go about it was to take the measurements of the rad when hung, and cut away the plasterboard and fix battons to the solid wall behind and make good the wall before hanging back the rad.. If the wall where it has to hang is just a plasterboard party wall, the only thing would be to build battens to the existing wall partitioning.. Well I'll go and have read of your other prvious posts.. Good luck.. Bet yul do a good job..:tongue:

 

[kay-jay]

My glue and screw method ain't let me down yet and is a lot less hassle. I would only diff about with battens in the wall if the rad was a real monster

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[plum ber]

Your All wrong IMO.....Skyhooks would work the best in this situation.....:sleeping:

 

[kay-jay]

Your All wrong IMO.....Skyhooks would work the best in this situation.....:sleeping:

Well you go and ask the merchant for a dozen while we crack on

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[plum ber]

Well you go and ask the merchant for a dozen while we crack on

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I think I have some spares if you need some just shout!!

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[tom609]

do you have a glass hammer and tartan paint as well

 

[leethegasman]

:bulb2:As above remove plasterboard install wood tile over good job well done and no bad press when it falls off, hollow wall anchors and spring toggles are good and we always carry on van but no need for you to use i tiling

 

[spanner]

No worries...won't need MT bucket and sky hooks..

 

[Dannyparty92]

Recently tried to hang a big traditional 3 column rad in an old stone cottage. Wall was lime plaster on top of stone. Of course there was no solid stone behind the exact point that I needed for the rad bracket, just a large void between stones. Bought a Rawplugs resin kit, never used one before. Despite the instructions being poor and the kit being expensive, it was brilliant. Simply embedded a threaded rod into the resin which completely filled the void. Solid as a rock, excuse the pun. Certainly got me out of a hole - excuse second pun. Despite the cost it saved me hours of work and no worry about the rad coming away when it was filled.


Read more: http://www.ukplumbersforums.co.uk/p...eavy-rad-plasterboard-wall.html#ixzz2GeNfWYIl. How do these resin kits work just inject in the void and fill it so you have a hard solid surface to fix to?

 

[Koogatubac]

Where can i find this glass hammer from? Sounds quite a good en...

 

[Koogatubac]

Stanley do 1 like above

 

[vern]

A wardrobe on the other side is handy if you are stuck for a bit wood :smile:

Lol Tamz, did that into a headboard hanging a rad in a bungalow when i was an apprentice, it went unnoticed for months until carer did a deep clean of said bedroom

 

[tamz]

You should have told her it was structural and couldn't be moved :lol:

 

[vern]

You should have told her it was structural and couldn't be moved :lol:

My supervisor at the time made me, remove and fill the holes in the wall lol

 

[wetdrip]

Plasterboard and rads fit is a much asked question on here.
Just wish someone would put a good video on here of how to do it dead right.
With fixing selections and batten selections and why.
Did ask plumbers parts on youtube to put one together a video, but nowt showing and that was over a year go.

 

[Ermintrude]

Will do my son.