Pallet wood wall wall weight

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Reclaimed Pallet Wood Wall

Thanks again for all your help!
Now lets pray it holds to the wall!

CrazeUK said:

Not your cup of tea?

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I've built walls clad with recycled wine boxes, ceilings made from rough sawn planks (lightly sanded to remove splinters but leave the character), stuff deliberately aged and distressed, shabby-chic, etc - for work. I appreciate how effective this can be, but at home my own tastes are a bit more staid and possibly influenced by the style of house i live in

CrazeUK said:

Overall it feels sturdy. Is there any way i can test it?

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If it falls off the wall then it's not sturdy enough..... A lot of the stuff along these lines that I've done it's been a case of fixing timber battens to the wall surface (to form a stable ground) then nailing using 16ga pins. BTW if you ever need to fix a lot of panel pins and don't want to nail, go looking for a second hand rampin (pushpin) tool

The lamp made me think of this:



ps is it a real cat

JobAndKnock said:

I've built walls clad with recycled wine boxes, ceilings made from rough sawn planks (lightly sanded to remove splinters but leave the character), stuff deliberately aged and distressed, shabby-chic, etc - for work. I appreciate how effective this can be, but at home my own tastes are a bit more staid and possibly influenced by the style of house i live in

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I get you, when i told friends about this, they where a bit taken back too. I did a bit of research on how it may look, and the mrs (the boss) felt it was nice. She seems very happy lol.

I think it is okay because this is a flat with a large lounge area. I would have prefered the walls to be white though.

What style of house do you live in?

JobAndKnock said:

If it falls off the wall then it's not sturdy enough..... A lot of the stuff along these lines that I've done it's been a case of fixing timber battens to the wall surface (to form a stable ground) then nailing using 16ga pins. BTW if you ever need to fix a lot of panel pins and don't want to nail, go looking for a second hand rampin (pushpin) tool

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Lol, as long as it falls off when i am there, and not on the TV, the cat or one of the others that visit or live in the house lol.

Its Seems quite sturdy for the moment. On a long drive north, i was making my self feel better by doing some rough calculations in my head:
50 KG over 5 Battons = 10KG a batton.
10 KG over 5 Screws per batton = 2KG per screw.

This seems reasonable.

Oh yes, i also worked out i think they put one or two studs in then dot and dabbed the plaster board in place!! :S

scbk said:

The lamp made me think of this:

ps is it a real cat

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Lol, yeah, it was one of my mad purchases. I love it. I was going to get a normal size one to put near it.
Yup the cat is real. That was just after she was sizing her self up to see if she can reach the plants!

CrazeUK said:

What style of house do you live in?

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Victoria - so high ceilings and detailed plasterwork (that's not my choice either, but it is 'er indoors'...)

I wouldn't worry about your screws - when you are boarding out a ceiling (37.5 kg sheets of PB) it's normal to get 3 screws in to hold the board in position before you let go of the thing and start screwing - and they don't fall off (unless the boards are soft and wet coz' they've been stored somewhere damp). 5.0mm screw into a brown plug in masonry is generally good for several hundred kilograms static vertical load