Which rawlplugs for Stud partition walls

[Steve vRS]

My new house has a lot of stud partition walls which are new to me having always had brick walls. So, for medium loads, what sort of Rawlplugs should I use?

Ta

Steve

[Promised Land]

Rawlplug is a brand name, wall plugs are the things you mean.

For stud partitions though you don't want plastic wall plugs, one of the best fixings are the metal worm cavity fixings, Spit make them amongst other companies,
http://www.kelvinpowertools.com/spit-driva-plaster...
you can also get plastic versions that aren't quite as good.

But truth be told, unless you get a timber stud to fix to, nothing is going to be that good as all you're doing is fixing into the plasterboard, not the actual wall like you would in the stud or block work.

If it's something heavy that you want to fix, the best and most time consuming way would be to cut out the plasterboard on one side, , fit a pattress, be it timber or ply, mdf on timber studs, then reboard.

We have done this before to fix vanity units that hang from the wall with no legs underneath.

ETA. New house you say, so possible tin studding, if so you would need dry wall screws if you find a stud to fix too, be careful whatever you do on length of the screw as tin studding isn't very wide.

Edited by Promised Land on Thursday 25th May 21:06

[davgar]

we used these last time and they were pretty good.
http://amzn.to/2qoAuFS

[Steve vRS]

Ta.

It's just floating shelves to display my Star Wars Lego.

I'll give those screws a go.

Cheers

Steve

[Promised Land]

A dab of silicone or the like behind the brackets wouldn't go a miss either, you should find the odd stud, usually 600 centres but can be 450 or 400 depending on the board size.

You'd be amazed what gets fixed in new homes to nothing more than plasterboard, kitchen wall units is common. Smear the back with silicone, then screw the brackets into fresh air, I've seen it happen times. They even put two screws into the hole like darts on angles to try and hold the units up, been in the game almost 30 years and it still astounds me what some trades do.

Edited by Promised Land on Thursday 25th May 21:15

Edited by Promised Land on Thursday 25th May 21:16

[campionissimo]

Grip It fixings are excellent as long as what you're mounting on the wall can hide the fixing.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/gripit-red-plasterboard-...

[King Herald]

I had to mount a rather heavy old 40" flat screen on my sisters bedroom wall, which was composed of some sort of egg box and plasterboard sheeting, no studs.

I first fixed a 18 x 28 sheet of 3/4 ply to the wall using a dozen of those aluminium course threaded screw in gadgets, with a wood screw that goes through the middle after.

Then I screwed the TV bracket to the plywood.

It held my 16 stone weight when I hung in it briefly.