attaching something to a stud wall
 

need to put some child safety points on a cupboard, but the wall it goes onto is a platerboard stud? wall - the beams dont match to where the points need to go. Any ideas before it falls on my sons head!

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

How heavy are the items you want to put on the wall.

6mm hole with the red rawl plugs do the job more than good enough for some fairly heavy paintings in my house.

You can also get some very heavy duty metal ones which we used on some of our really big items.

HTH

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

Trip to B&Q it is then!

Have a look here first to get an idea.

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?...tpage&Itemid=1

Pete

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

its only to stop my son pulling it over - it stands on the floor but as he is currently pulling on stuff dont want it to fall over as it only as deep as a bookcase.

will give the raw plugs a go can always replaster over teh holes if I make a mess of it.

cheers for a quick response.

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

These are the metal ones I was talking about, they are overkill for most things in my opinion and made a mess of my walls.

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?...d=64&Itemid=34

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/images/catalogue/LF/92.jpg

The red ones here do the job very nicely, I have some fairly substantial stuff on my walls held with these, including a 2m x 2m print mounted on wood which weighs ALOT

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/index.php?...=103&Itemid=34

http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/images/Lists/LF/uno1.jpg

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

Get some cavity wall fixings, i use them to attach decent sized radiators to stud walls. Cheap and should do the job, get them from your local DIY store!!!

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

I would not go for the metal ones for stud walls, they need quite a good bite to enable the deformation, and usually they end up just spinning in the hole and making a real mess, nor will they come out afterwards.
Can you drill new holes in the cupboard to match the batons behing the plasterboard?

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

spring mounted butterfly fixings, they have one of the best pull outs IIRC.

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Those are the BEST. Miles better than normal plasterboard fixings. Only advisable for permanent things as has been said, as they don't come out. Only thing to do when you don't need them anymore is push them in to the wall then plaster over the hole

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

The metal ones G mentioned are what I'd use.....
Take a bit of care with the deforming process and they are very good.

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http://www.rawlplug.co.uk/images/Lis...g_Toggle_H.jpg

these are the ones.....

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

these are pretty good for plasterboard

http://tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:...tools/drme.jpg
Spokey

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

I've never been a fan of fixing things to plasterboard unless it's absolutely unavoidable, in which case the spring loaded fixings get my vote.

If the top is high enough that people can't see over, screw a suitable strip of wood between two studs and fix the cupboard to it. If not, consider fixing a batten inside the top of the cupboard and screwing it to one of the studs, even off center it'll stop the cupboard being pulled over.

Just my thoughts,

Keith.

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

What I have done before now with a heavy cuboard ,is to cut a rectangular strip out of the plaster board,that reaches across two vertical studs.Screw a cross noggin to the studs,and then replace the stip of plasterboard.
Dadaaa ,solid as houses

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So the cupboard isn't wide enough to reach the vertical studs right? So now you will be able to see the plasterboard you cut out won't you?

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

no...use some "fineform filler" that is used on "tape and joint"plaster board.
2 coats of paint and your away"unless u have wall paper of course":)

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Oh that's far too much work just to get a fixing. Just move the bookshelf to the side a little ;)

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

ok then...just "pinkGrip" it to the wall:cool::bom:

Re: attaching something to a stud wall
 

Yeh and buy another bookcase when you move house lol

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