Fixing storage heater

[Welsh_sparky_21]

Was changing a storage heater today, I’ve used 6 spring toggles to fix it to the wall. No straps behind the wall at all, is this safe? Seemed solid when I was giving it a pull. Didn’t have any wood for fixing a pad

 

[freddo]

This sounds like a paramount board wall, basically two plasterboards with an egg box type separator that puts the boards about 30mm apart

Was just thinking that, there is quite a lot of that flimsy rubbish around here.

 

[Dave OCD]

There is around here too, one estate has standard metal wall boxes held in place by 4" nails pushed horizontally through little holes around the front edges of the boxes. Many a time I've swapped them for dry liners, 35mm just fit.

 

[Welsh_sparky_21]

This sounds like a paramount board wall, basically two plasterboards with an egg box type separator that puts the boards about 30mm

This sounds like a paramount board wall, basically two plasterboards with an egg box type separator that puts the boards about 30mm apart

Could well be that

 

[littlespark]

One house I owned, I tried to hang a picture at the top of the stairs, next to the bathroom door. wall felt strange. I thought it was one of these type walls.
Further investigation showed it was an old door.

when the house was built in 70’s, the toilet was at the top of stairs, a bathroom and sink in another room next to it.

Previous owner had taken the wall down between the rooms to make one big bathroom…. And left the spare door in place.
Door frames removed and plastered perfectly smooth. No one would have known.

 

[Mikegh]

A new house would solve the problem

Possibly overkill though

 

[Mikegh]

I did recommend it once to a customer when I was stumped

 

[ipf]

Anyone would think the storage heaters are being fixed to the ceiling.... ?

With the feet fixed proper the only problem might be some daft burger sitting on them and forcing from the wall. ?

 

[MJPD29]

If you have checked weight capability of fixings and compared to storage heater then shouldn't be an issue. Would much prefer a solid fixing though

 

[littlespark]

Anyone would think the storage heaters are being fixed to the ceiling.... ?

With the feet fixed proper the only problem might be some daft burger sitting on them and forcing from the wall. ?

You must have a better class of customer.

I worked for a company that did maintenance for the schools. One particular hschool in Dundee was heated by storage heaters…. Dozens of them.

Typical job sheet:

“Heater detached from wall” ….. not pulled out the wall…. The bracket was still there. They’d yanked it and broke off the side screws

“Loose front panel” ….. wasn’t even there. Kids had removed the front panel, and I found it outside at the bottom of a big snowy hill. Sledging on it

“bent top panel” …. Had been leaned on / sat on until the top was so bent in, it was touching the thermostat terminals when next leaned on. Crackly!

Any number of missing control knobs, pulled out flexes and heaters turned off at the wall (even when heaters and switches were behind cages)