Best Heavy Duty Wall Fixings

[jmonkmalvern]

Hi All,

I'm a DIY novice and have hit a brickwall with a project I've been working on recently. It's a set of 4 shelves for our cats, the shelves have a wooden top bolted to metal "L" brackets to attach to the wall. The problem is I'm unsure as to the best fixings to use as they need to be heavy duty and whatever solution I read about seems to have negative feedback. Our rental property is an old converted stable block and is very random with how it's been built.

The wall is plasterboard but appears to have different sized cavities behind it. In some places it's completely hollow with several inches of spaces once you're through the plasterboard, in others there's a small cavity between the plasterboard and brick and in some places it goes straight through into brick.

Any help/advice would be appreciated.

Thanks,

James

 

[saladdays]

These are strong: http://www.screwfix.com/p/fischer-hm-plasterboard-anchors-m4-x-46mm-pack-of-20/38777

How they work: http://www.free-instruction-manuals.com/pdf/p4233075.pdf

Find out the diameter of the bracket holes to choose the correct size.

 

[saladdays]

The strongest fittings: http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/spring-toggle/cat840118

 

[pinenot]

A series of tappings to the plasterboard should give a tell tale audio as to where the studs are. Fix with screws, the brackets to these and there should be no problems...pinenot

 

[Ricardus]

The strongest fittings: http://www.screwfix.com/c/screws-nails-fixings/spring-toggle/cat840118[/QUOTE]
Previous owner of my house used these to secure 6' long double banked radiators to the plasterboard wall. They ought to be up to holding a shelf for cats (assuming you're talking domestic cats of course!)