Hello,
I wondered if its advisable to fix the brackets for a radiator through plasterboard?
Its a new loft conversion and the stud work doesn't line up with the pipes so the brackets cannot be fixed into the studs.
The plumber thinks it will be fine to use extra long screws that go through the plasterboard and celetox and into the OSB chipboard on the otherside.
The radiator is 22 kg according to the packaging (feels a lot heavier than that) so approx 32 kg when full of water so that is roughly 8 kg per bracket.
Also the copper pipe that protrudes from the wall on the left of the radiator moves so I think its no longer attached to the stud. Is this ok?
I wondered if its advisable to fix the brackets for a radiator through plasterboard?
Its a new loft conversion and the stud work doesn't line up with the pipes so the brackets cannot be fixed into the studs.
The plumber thinks it will be fine to use extra long screws that go through the plasterboard and celetox and into the OSB chipboard on the otherside.
The radiator is 22 kg according to the packaging (feels a lot heavier than that) so approx 32 kg when full of water so that is roughly 8 kg per bracket.
Also the copper pipe that protrudes from the wall on the left of the radiator moves so I think its no longer attached to the stud. Is this ok?