Ikea besta cabinet on plasterboard

adeelmpk

Experts,

Purchased the ikea Besta floating unit and trying to hang it on a plasterboard wall.

Width: 180 cm
Depth: 26 cm
Height: 28 cm
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/60133931/

The cabinet itself weights 19KG on its own and is designed for CD's/DVD's which could add another 5~7 KG max on top of that.

There are three L brackets fitted on the back of the unit [two attached to the side walls and one in the the middle vertical wall] which can be used to screw the unit to the wall through back holes. However the holes in the unit back panel do not align with the position of the wall studs in my case and unfortunately not even a single hole/screw will hit the stud.

Using a suspension rail is not really an option as the unit a flush to the wall.

So after a lot of research it seems I have two options.

Option 1) Use toggle bolts on the plasterboard. Total eight of 30KG [19KG unit + 11KG of contents in the cabinet for example] on three screws, gives each toggle bolt approx 10KG or less to manage, hopefully its not too much to ? The plaster board is standard thickness. i.e., either 9.5mm or 12mm [not sure unfortunately].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1ZuxuZ2PU
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301008593424


Option 2) Buy the ikea shelf below, cut into two halves and use it as a piece of timberwood attaching it to the wall [not as a shelf but patch it horizontally on the wall], drill it into the studs to secure the wood. and then hang the besta unit using the original fitted L brackets and standard wood screws.

Width: 119 cm
Depth: 28 cm
Thickness: 2.5 cm
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/50217568/#/50217568

The shelf above is the same finish and colour as the besta unit itself so hopefully it'll blend in without much difference, and that's the only reason I'm buying to use it otherwise any piece timber wood would do the job.

I may have answered my own question but still open to discussion if anyone else has experience and any other ideas

Regards

Muhammad Adeel

andyhop

Cut the wall directly behind the unit, insert 4x2 timber noggins. Refix plasterboard , tape and fill. Few hours work for a pro.

adeelmpk

But isn't option 1) above a better option ?

andyhop

adeelmpk wrote: »

But isn't option 1) above a better option ?

Better option if your doing it on the cheap!

The timber in the wall option is far stronger and very much fit as forget . Cavity style fixings may take the weight but for how long who knows. Its certainly not something I would ever use or recommend