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...

 

[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.