Drilling into fake wall

cowbutt

leeegglestone wrote: »

oh dear, i know my dad is not sure how its going to work and is worried. so the Shower Screen is not going to work

This is the one i got

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=9295717&fh_view_size=6&fh_sort_order=1&fh_sort_by=_price_rrp_min&fh_location=%2f%2fcatal!!!1%2fen_GB&fh_search=bath+screen&fh_eds=%c3%9f&fh_refview=search&ts=1219155823260&isSearch=true

if theres the chance of the screen, coming away from the wall and bring my cladding down too, idont want to chance it after all the hardwork putting the cladding on.

May look into taking screen back and having a Rail instead

I ran into exactly the same problem. The shower screen I bought was an Argos cheapy with a couple of small plastic brackets top and bottom, each requiring two close-together fixings to the wall. Glass shower screens are pretty heavy, and the fixings with mine look pretty inadequate to support it when it's at a right angle to the bath.

The best proposal, I think was to use several plasterboard fixings and Gripfix to secure a wooden baton to the tiles, then fix the plastic brackets to that.

At the moment, though, the screen is unused and lying around. :-(

jennifernil

I would go with the ones jblack suggested.

We have a timber frame house (for 20 years now) and use those fixings for everything. Unlike the "toggle" type, they grip the wall and do not fall inside it when you unscrew the fitting. There are different sizes depending on the thickness of the wall and the weight you need it to support.

Their only drawback is you do need to use the supplied screw, so not suitable if the screw is visible and needs to match something. In that case use the metal screw-in type.