bathroom cabinet fixing

[barnaby]

Hi. Glad I found this place!

I need to put up a fairly heavy bathroom cabinet onto plasterboard with breezeblock behind. I thought it was brick behind until I drilled in and it was soft and grey! I can't see that the four screws supplied are going to hold the cabinet at all.

Any suggestions please?

Thanks

 

[David E]

Sounds like aerated blocks you are into. Try longer screws and plugs.

Look at these type of plug.
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=101290&ts=08982

 

[barnaby]

Thanks for that. How long do you think I need to go? It's fairly heavy.

 

[big-all]

cabinet pannel 6mm plasterboard 12mm gap 12mm plug 40mm
so 2.5 or 2.75 "8 or 10s or 70 or 80mm 4.5 or 5s

any measurments different ajust screw length accordingly

 

[David E]

You wont go far wrong with 5mm (No10) x 100mm (4") screws if these dont hold it up try rawl bolts if it's that bl**dy heavy. LOL

 

[masona]

Remember it doesn't have to be very strong as long the screw has gripped the rawlplug correctly with the right size. A little tip is to drill the hole downward slightly and it will hang without the rawlplug but don't do it though

 

[barnaby]

Thanks for all your help. I'll give it a go and see what happens!

Cheers