Hanging bathroom cabinet?

Question

Try hanging a bathroom cabinet on plasterboard but with ceramic tiles in front. The special plasterboard wall-plugs aren't long enough due to the tile thickness. Will ordinary wall plugs do? Bearing in mind that the back of the plasterboard is hollow. Thank you in advance for any advice!

Answer 1

have done this many times as a builder ..drill the hole and knock the plug through with a screw until it is just to the back of the tiles ..then tighten ..if you have to use a longer screw as there is plenty of room at the back

Answer 2

Toggle screws are best. Drill a large enough hole for the folded toggle to be inserted (you need a screw long enough so the folded back toggle will fit all the way through and clear the back side of the plasterboard), and presto, tighten them up. If you need to adjust any by removing them you'll lose the toggle in the wall so a few spares are handy. If the tiles are secure and the cabinet is lightweight normal rawl plugs will bite in the tile too.

Answer 3

You need to hang it from the studs in the wall. Hanging it with anchors might work for a while, but continued use will most likely cause the material around the anchors to crumble which means the cabinet is coming down. Either buy, borrow or rent a really good stud detector and use 3 inch screws to attach it to the studs.

Answer 4

I don't know the answer to your question but i had to say to you PLEASE go and buy a pipe detector if you don't have one. I didn't and now I have a large plumbers bill and a large whole in my wall in my brand new bath room. The detector things only cost about £7 from B&Q.

Answer 5

You may want to use something like mollyscrews that open up once they are thru the wall.

Answer 6

Toggle bolts are longer.