Fixing to a plasterboard wall?

[HappyHippyDad]

I have been asked to fit the following


A Glimpse Mirror and shaver socket.

Overall dimensions: 50cm H x 39cm D and weight is 6.2 kg's.

I think it should be ok on a plasterboard wall but just wanted some opinions (with regards the weight)? I wont be able to locate it on any joists because of where she wants it.

Cheers all...

 

[Joeacox]

Looks good to me

 

[shanky887614]

the twirlies you speak of.

are they mungo's your talking about (in some plasterboard they can spin so its a good idea to pilot drill the wall first)

 

[Rockingit]

I normally call them the sharp annoying things that bite you at the bottom of your tool bag when you've accidentally spilled the box!

 

[specs]

Twirlies are great, i use em loads. Not relevent to this OP but the only thing I would say about them is not to use them on bathroom cabinets etc. With repeated opening and closing they will eventually work loose.

They certainly will, use toggles or cut hole in p/board just below fixing points, slide in a bit of 2x1, ensure that 2x1 is in position to recieve cabinet screws and secure with a couple of drywall screws. offer up cabinet and gently but firmly screw in cabinet screws thru plasterboard and into 2x1. yes you will have a hole in p/board, but you won't see it. keep cut out p/board in case you put cabinet in wrong place:smiley2:

 

[Andy78]

Never heard them called twirlies. I usually call them cavvies or cavity fixers.
Mungos ? Lol that ones got to be explained.

 

[sportsparky1602]

Twirlies = pig tails ;-)

 

[shanky887614]

Never heard them called twirlies. I usually call them cavvies or cavity fixers.
Mungos ? Lol that ones got to be explained.

why do we call red wall plugs, rawplugs?

thats the brand same with mungos

www.acefixings.com/mungo-plasterboard-jet-screws-14mm-x-39mm-box-of-100-p2074

 

[Andy78]

why do we call red wall plugs, rawplugs?

thats the brand same with mungos

www.acefixings.com/mungo-plasterboard-jet-screws-14mm-x-39mm-box-of-100-p2074

Ah i see, never come across that brand. I always use thorsman ones.
I thought it might have been a rhyming slang site name. Like Billys or Jeds.

 

[HandySparks]

why do we call red wall plugs, rawplugs?

Close:
RAWLPLUG

 

[Engineer54]

I can't think of a better plasterboard fixing than the spring toggles (especially if what your fitting has any weight to it) that have been around now for donkey's years. I certainly would never trust these Twirlies, ...over tighten just a little and your fixings gone!!

 

[Rockingit]

I can't think of a better plasterboard fixing than the spring toggles (especially if what your fitting has any weight to it) that have been around now for donkey's years. I certainly would never trust these Twirlies, ...over tighten just a little and your fixings gone!!

Agreed, but they do have some major drawbacks in fitting - having to fix them 'complete' through the material being fixed, needing about five hands if it's something big, having to tighten them at first using a pull and turn, one-time use, and if say on a 4-point fix you need to take just one out then you loose all four! Plus, you normally end up needing a load of penny washers at the load end as the heads are too small on the M4/M5 threads.

 

[Engineer54]

Agreed, but they do have some major drawbacks in fitting - having to fix them 'complete' through the material being fixed, needing about five hands if it's something big, having to tighten them at first using a pull and turn, one-time use, and if say on a 4-point fix you need to take just one out then you loose all four! Plus, you normally end up needing a load of penny washers at the load end as the heads are too small on the M4/M5 threads.

Like in many things, there is a knack to using toggle fixings!! lol!! The penny washers also act to spread the load, (you only need one per toggle, two maybe if very thin). I've hung pretty sizable 6 fixing panels on double boarded partition walls by myself in yesteryears, can't remember needing or wishing for 5 hands. lol!! Just fairly accurate measurements and the correct drill size to allow the toggle to just pass through. As i remember, i just pulled on the penny washers while screwing, to take up the initial length of bolt thread!! Oh, and a one time use is all you should need!! ...lol!!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

I always thought the collapsible bolts were called Spits because they were a pin in the bum when used with the little spanner that came with them.
I then discovered Spit was a brand name. After that I discovered there was a fixing tool. Use them all the time now. Well, apart from fitting socket and switch front plates!!

 

[Engineer54]

I always thought the collapsible bolts were called Spits because they were a pin in the bum when used with the little spanner that came with them.
I then discovered Spit was a brand name. After that I discovered there was a fixing tool. Use them all the time now. Well, apart from fitting socket and switch front plates!!

I can only remember Toggle fixings coming with a slotted head for flat standard screwdrivers!! But then i've never heard of the brand name of ''Spits''!! lol!!

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

A Spit.

 

[grantr37]

Theres a Curver box available in Screwfix full of RAWL brand drywall fixings, think they are still on the £3 special offer that they do now and then, got one here, 8 compartments, box is about 25cm x 40cm....

 

[Engineer54]

View attachment 17116 A Spit.

Ah, ....Now i know what your talking about!! lol!!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Agree with E54....there's no way I would hang 6.2kg on a 'twirly'.....spring toggles all the way,just make sure they open fully and drill the hole cleanly.

 

[Guitarist]

Don't forget that with most panels and cabinets, unless very deep, there is very little leverage and so the force is mainly downwards. Different if you are fixing a TV bracket.

 

[RmBo_0]

Ah, ....Now i know what your talking about!! lol!!

Only trouble with them is that if you over tighten them even slightly they just rip the board to bits.

 

[Andy78]

I once saw a storage heater fixed on with "twirlies". All was going well until it was filled with bricks, front put on, and the sparks used it as a hand rest to pull himself up off his knees.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Only trouble with them is that if you over tighten them even slightly they just rip the board to bits.

Then a Competent Person will have no problem.

 

[Guitarist]

I once saw a storage heater fixed on with "twirlies". All was going well until it was filled with bricks, front put on, and the sparks used it as a hand rest to pull himself up off his knees.

Oh dear, what a plonker...

 

[Deleted member 9648]

I once saw a storage heater fixed on with "twirlies". All was going well until it was filled with bricks, front put on, and the sparks used it as a hand rest to pull himself up off his knees.

Lucky it was the numbty who fixed it and not a kid.

 

[Andy78]

Lucky it was the numbty who fixed it and not a kid.

Yeah true. Not light them full storage heaters.