Will some of those butterfly bolts do?
2007-09-17 01:02:25 · 12 answers · asked by phoebe l 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
unless your not planning to put anything in the cupboard you can buy special screws for fixing to plasterboard, they come in two pieces. this should just about take the weight of a cupboard and that's it.
if you did want to put anything in the cupboard i wouldn't recommend it, fix it two a stud.
if that's not possible the best thing to do is fix as length of 3"x1" par timber along the line at the top and bottom of the unit's, you'll need to do both to keep the wall unit upright.
then fix to the 3"x1" as you would a brick wall, except for using raw-plugs.
2007-09-17 03:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by crazy_gang1843 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-22 09:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need special 'butterfly' bolts for plasterboard. If it's going to bhold more than 20lb (including the weight of the cupboard)- you'd best attach it to studs- otherwise it'll come off and bring the plaster with it.
Experience & angry wife told me to use studs.
Boring- I like butterfly bolts.
2007-09-17 01:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seriously, you cannot do this with any expectation of holding any weight in the cupboard. In fact, the weight of the cupboard will eventually pull the cupboard off the wall. Even more quickly in humid enviroments. Find and use the studs for any permanence.
2007-09-17 01:18:40 · answer #4 · answered by uhoh002 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't if you want it to remain on the wall. Even with the plasterborad screws/anchors, you can't put much weight in a cupboard unless you find a stud. You can also make a stud by hanging a picece of wood across two other studs and hanging your cupboard from them.
2007-09-17 01:11:27 · answer #5 · answered by jessielynn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont listen to the butterfly bolt idea, those people have obviously not hung cabinets, or if they have, the cabinet is falling off the wall as we speak. The butterfly bolts might work with over-the-range microwaves, but they will not work for you(over the range micros have toggle bolts that hold them to the upper cabinet to aid). You will most likely need to find the 2 closest studs and like another user said, screw/nail a board to them, and hang your cabinet from that board.
2007-09-17 02:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by jndevn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find some stud work to fix it to or don`t even think about it........ unless it a very small cupboard, for putting very small amounts of cotton wool in :-)
2007-09-17 12:24:35 · answer #7 · answered by Laurie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally i would not even go there.
You can fix it up with some of what has already been mentioned but eventually it will be over loaded (as we all do).
Then you will be left with a few big holes and a mess on the floor
2007-09-17 02:55:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes the butterfly bolts will work, and it will be secured properly. I have done this with a bathroom cabinet myself.
2007-09-17 01:42:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the butterfly bolts will do it
2007-09-17 01:12:39 · answer #10 · answered by Barbie V 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋