Fixing kitchen cupboards to plasterboard walls.

foxhole · 2 Oct 2017

merton69 said:
Thanks Foxhole.

If you don't mind I won't do that but I will attempt to take a photo of where the double socket is to show the inner contents.

And no, my dimensions are not wrong.

Thanks to all.

Well 1 1/2” of plasterboard + 1” back box that’s 2 1/2” and still not thru to the other side.?

JohnD · 2 Oct 2017

merton69 said:
The wall appears to be approximately just over 2 inches thick.

thick wallpaper?

Doggit · 2 Oct 2017

My mother lives in sheltered accomodation for the elderly. Each flat is a shell of breeze blocks dot and debbed with plasterboard, but the internal walls are just as merton has described them; two sheets of plasterboard, with a gap, and then another sheet of plasterboard. If you talk to Gyproc technical, they have a new product called Habito, that can be screwed into directly without rawlplugs to hold 15kg per screw, and using a rail system for the cupboard fixings it might work. The only other suggestion I can think of, would be to put a wooden batten on the other side of the wall, and screw the brackets through the wall into the batten

London Mike 49 · 3 Oct 2017

Just to give another perspective to this, have you had a chat with any neighbors to ask how their cupboards are fixed to the wall?
I would assume that if you are having to scratch your head as to how to fix them , then a neighbor may already have solved the problem.

Mike

merton69 · 3 Oct 2017

Thanks Mike.

I will take up your excellent suggestion.

I have decided to install a double socket, so I have taken a couple of pictures to show how the wall is made up. Again, as far as I can see, it is made of of 3 sheets of plasterboard stuck together. The back box I will be using has an approx 35mm depth.

London Mike 49 · 3 Oct 2017

Out of interest do you have a doorway between the two rooms and if so is there a actual door or just some kind of archway?
The reason I ask is that for a door to be hung between two rooms, it usually means that a door liner has been fitted for the door to hang on one side with at least a four inch liner and if that is the case then the wall is thicker than it appears.

Mike

Doggit · 3 Oct 2017

No they aren't. The door liners are custom built to the width of the wall.

foxhole · 4 Oct 2017

merton69 said:
Thanks Mike.

I will take up your excellent suggestion.

I have decided to install a double socket, so I have taken a couple of pictures to show how the wall is made up. Again, as far as I can see, it is made of of 3 sheets of plasterboard stuck together. The back box I will be using has an approx 35mm depth.View attachment 127965 View attachment 127966

These pics do not show how the wall is constructed. You still have not explained how you know the wall is only 2” thick?

JohnD · 4 Oct 2017

when you drill for the fixing screws, show us the drill coming out the other side.

Those cabinet hanging rails are excellent because they spread the load and don't pull out. But I have only used them where you can catch the studs as well, or use a long screw to reach the brick or block behind. I don't believe any other method of fixing will be as good, except perhaps stitching a large piece of ply to the entire wall.

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Fixing kitchen cupboards to plasterboard walls.

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