Hanging wall units

waynehayes

I'd like to hang some wall units. The problem is that one of the walls consists of plasterboard, then about 50mm of foam insulation then batons before hitting brick. What's the best way of going about yt?

andygb

You have nearly 70mm to go through before you hit brick - good luck!

Seriously, I hope someone can advise you on this. Do you have neighbours who have done the same thing in their house?

Andy

olias

Are you sure the insulation is not between the stud work? This is the usual method of building. How do you know what the construction is? If it is a kitchen, then the builder should have put appropriate cross pieces at the right height to enable wall units to be hung.

Olias

mchale

Put some 2x1par batton up, fixing to studs then hang wall units off battons.

ormus

or use spring toggle fixings.

waynehayes

olias wrote: »

Are you sure the insulation is not between the stud work? This is the usual method of building. How do you know what the construction is? If it is a kitchen, then the builder should have put appropriate cross pieces at the right height to enable wall units to be hung.

Olias

The wall in question was part of a utlity rom, which the buiding inspector said needed loads of insulation, which is behind the plasterboard. There are no cross pieces as we originaly didn't intend putting up units, so didn't ask the builder to do so.

ormus wrote: »

or use spring toggle fixings.

Would these support the weight of the cupboards in the plasterboard?

frank.hopper

HOWZABOUTTHATTHEN!

ormus

waynehayes wrote: »

The wall in question was part of a utlity rom, which the buiding inspector said needed loads of insulation, which is behind the plasterboard. There are no cross pieces as we originaly didn't intend putting up units, so didn't ask the builder to do so.



Would these support the weight of the cupboards in the plasterboard?

yes. one per corner will do it.
to be 100% sure, try the unit sitting on a small batten, or on concealed L brackets too.