Comrades, I need to secure a couple of cabinets to stud walls in my bathroom. Which type do you recommend, please? http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30217673/ http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70217685/
Ahh gotcha. If you can be certain of finding a stud to secure at least one side to. I'd use something like a 2" No8 screw. You might be lucky and pick up studs on on both sides so go with those screws. If you can't find a stud on the other side, you could use a plasterboard fixing or a hollow wall toggle type of fixing.
as JJ says and use some of this too, just for back up http://www.screwfix.com/p/i-can-t-believe-it-s-not-nails-solvent-free-310ml/85371
Manual shows a round head screw being used, the tall cabinet has 4 fixing brackets, use together with 4x washers supplied as indicated.
you would't expect a pen pusher to know trade secrets, those pigs dik's will just rip out, you need to find the woodwork at the back,
what's the shear strength of the paper coating on plasterboard Tom ? nothing wrong with those fixings, nothing at all
gluing cabinets to plasterboard walls isn't a trade secret Tom, it's a bodge, not even an intelligent bodge I bet you use nails to fix plasterboard as well ......... ah yes you've already admitted to doing that
yes I think I remember reading on the instuctions on the tube where it says, " bodge things to the wall with no nails' . bet you're a laff a minute in your house when mrs _ork puts a bag of sugar in the kitchen cupboard and the whole kitchen falls apart,
Summat only a right geek would know (or want to know) ( I bet your gonna google the answer for us) ,, ain't ya.
those fixings shown will each take aound 15Kg - a standard sheet of 12.5mm PB will take about 40Kg/M squared - so even if you don't find a pair of studs the wall mounted cabinet can easily be supported the floor mounted cabinet just needs to be fixed at the top to prevent it from toppling, so again the illustrated fixing will do just fine please don't try gluing either cabinet to your wall, even as a ''backup''
no need to google it JJ, it's one of those thing some people remember, it's the same as some people know that gluing cabinets to plasterboarded walls is wrong and REALLY pointless, and that no one uses nails to fix plasterboard these days
read and weep, 310ml. High strength, quick-grab, fast curing, solvented bonding adhesive with gap-filling properties. Adheres to most common building surfaces and replaces nails and screws. Can be used on rough or smooth surfaces, internally or externally. Also fixes skirting boards, decorative panels, door surrounds, PVC cladding, floorboards, timber framework, worktops, grippers, vineers, mouldings and laminates. View more information Product contents: 310ml plastic cartridge. and its not holding the cupboard up, the screws into the woodwork are, just to clarify to the hard of thinking,
I don't see anything in that list that's of any real weight Tom - if the screws are holding it up what's the point of using no nails ?