My old units were attached by bracket simply screwed into the plaster board. Is this usual? My new units happen to need bracket fixing in between the stud beam but it doesn't feel right just screwing brackets into plaster. Saying that they held for 10 years and I can't pull them off!
Can you tell I'm new to this. I've googled it and it looks like dry lined as there is a gap about 4 inches between the plasterboard and the board behind it There are some vertical and horizontal beams throughout the wall. Does this sound like dry lined? Does that make a difference about the way the old units were attached?
No it sounds like a stud wall, dry lined would usually have a gap of around 10-15mm Like Handyandy has already said there maybe timbers behind the plasterboard at wall unit height to allow fixing of the wall units if not use the brackets I have linked to earlier to hang your units they allow you to fix to the studs and you can then hang your units wherever you like.
Checked for timbers at height needed. None there. You say these brackets fit to the stud. Isn't the stud the same as the timbers behind the board?
Yes the studs are the timbers behind the board, go out and buy the 2m long hanging rail I've linked to and screw it into the studs and hang your wall units on it. Job done!! https://www.locksonline.com/buy/Cab...ng-6492.html?gclid=CMz_vrmd28UCFTLLtAodrhUAbA
You will have to chop a bit out of the back of your units for it to fit over the rail but this is the way to go.
Sorry, I am probably being incredibly thick here, but how can I screw the rail into the studs if I don't have any beams at the height I need?
The studs will run from floor to ceiling, usually 400mm apart. The rail has multiple holes for offset fixing.
Mine don't. There are no studs anywhere near bracket height. Ok, I'm just gonna use plasterboard screws. They held for 10 years with them anyway. The only other way would be to bridge the vertical studs with horizontal one at bracket height I suppose, but lots of work and as I say, held well enough previously with just the screws.
The idea of the full length rail is that you only need to use the vertical studs. Screw into them where you can across your run of cabinets. Use some plaster board fixings at ends if there isn't a vertical stud. Mark the outline of the top of your wall cabinets, then below this carefully tap/probe until you find the vertical studs and make a pencil mark. They're usually set equidistant apart at approximate 400mm centres but depends on who built the wall!!
I suggest you now employ a joiner to do this for you, you clearly don't grasp the concept of the hanging rail.
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