Maximum loading for a kitchen wall cupboard

Discussion in 'Kitchen Fitters' Talk' started by diymostthings, May 6, 2016.

  1. diymostthings

    diymostthings Well-Known Member

    Last week I fitted a 600mm corner wall unit as part of my refurb. project. With similar projects, I've always had a lovely "plaster over solid brick" wall to plug for the fixings. The current wall is dot and dab plasterboard over lightweight blockwork. I therefore used 100mm concrete screws for the wall brackets, which seemed to screw up well.

    I then "hung" the cupboard and decided to test the security of the fixings by loading it - two tubs of tile cement and two boxes of tiles totalling 45.7kg.

    Over 4 days there was no sign of any sagging or fixing failure so I'm assuming the cupboard will be OK for normal use. BUT before I go weighing saucepans, plates cups and saucers etc. does anyone know what the accpeted standard loading for such cupboards is? Surely this is a very important figure!

    Kind regards

    diymostthings
     
  2. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    That's quite a loading, it's almost half my body weight.:):)
     
  3. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    Don't use it to house your collection of cylinder heads or anchors, but it ain't going nowhere. With soft blocks, drop a drill size (1/2mm) and drill down at a slight angle to anchor your screws a bit more.
     
  4. Phil the Paver

    Phil the Paver Screwfix Select


    If you shaved that beard off it would be your body weight. :D:D:D
     
  5. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Talking of my avi, how do I rotate it?
     
  6. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    Anti-clockwise :D
     
  7. Phil the Paver

    Phil the Paver Screwfix Select

    I thought Jit had sorted it out and posted one the right way up. ?????
     
  8. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Either 90 deg anti or 270 clock :p
     
  9. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    Smarty pants :p
     
  10. Phil the Paver

    Phil the Paver Screwfix Select

  11. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

  12. Phil the Paver

    Phil the Paver Screwfix Select


    How, I can't access your account.:)
     
  13. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Does anyone recognise the shower curtain from the vid I posted? :eek:
    :eek:
     
  14. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    I can't access that photo :mad:
     
  15. Phil the Paver

    Phil the Paver Screwfix Select


    Copy my pic and then try and upload it as your avi pic.
     
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  16. CGN

    CGN Screwfix Select

    It worked!! :eek:
     
  17. chippie244

    chippie244 Super Member

    Cheers Phil. :):):):)
     
  18. joinerjohn1

    joinerjohn1 Screwfix Select

    Years ago I worked on council house refurbs. One chap complained that his kitchen cupboard had fell off the wall within a week of moving back into his refurbished property and had damaged the refrigerator below. I went round to have a look and found that he'd loaded a 1000mm wall unit with nothing but tinned food. When I say loaded, I mean absolutely full, tins on top of tins. He'd even taken out the shelf so he could fit more tins in. The unit had been screwed to the wall using 4 x 3" screws, into solid brickwork. On inspection, the unit was still screwed to the wall, but the bottom of the unit had given way under the weight of tins on it. Ended up replacing it with 2 x 500mm units. Left the tenant with the advice not to fill it with tin cans of food until no more could fit in it and not to remove the shelfs.
     
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  19. diymostthings

    diymostthings Well-Known Member

    Yes I was surprised by how heavy that load was. If I'd have weighed those items before the trial I don't think i would have made it so heavy. Anyway I'm happy now that it will be OK. Thanks for the reply.

    diymostthings
     
  20. diymostthings

    diymostthings Well-Known Member

    Thanks for that tip CGN. Well I did experiment with drill sizes on a bit of wall which would be half way down where the cupboard would be and I noticed the recommended drill size produced a failry loose fit - could almost screw the concrete screw up by hand. So I actually tried what you suggest and produced a much tighter fixing - great minds think alike!

    Thanks again CGN - great!

    diymostthings
     
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