Fixing a heavy coat rack

[matthew4444]

Hello all

I'm trying to fix a heavy coat rack (solid wood back and sides, four hooks and with a shelf on top) to a hollow wall. The wall in question was where the old pantry used to be so it must be some sort of stud wall with a ply/plasterboard covering.

I was hoping to fix it using hidden fittings - the options as I see it being i) flush mounts (interlocking) but these don't look strong enough and would be a nightmare to line up correctly on the wall and the rack or ii) picture mounts (the keyhole types i.e. chisel out from the rack and attach with screws slotting in from the wall side) - again not sure if these will be strong enough. The other option would be to screw through the back panel of the rack but this would leave visible fixings which I was trying to avoid.

I'm hoping to get it right first time as I don't want to find a broken rack on the floor, cracked floor tiles and half the wall missing!

Does anyone have any further suggestions as the best way to go about this? Any advice gratefully received.

Regards

Matthew

 

[foxhole]

You need to establish what the wall if, ply is no problem but unlikely, plasterboard will need cutting back to see whats behind, if stud-work replace a strip of plasterboard at level of fitting with a strip of ply and you have something firm to fix too.Flush mounting would be fine, if you can't measure accurately maybe project is beyond you.