Fixing to a plasterboard wall?

[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]

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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.