Fixing wooden board to tiles

[StephenOak]

We recently had a new toilet installed and the water pipe is supposed to be held on the wall by two brackets. However the toilet had to be installed further from the wall [1] so one of the brackets will not reach the wall.

Bracket screwed to wall by our plumber


Where the other bracket should go


Ideally one would drill into the tiles, insert rawlplugs and screw the board on. However I have never drilled tiles before and I am worried about cracking them. So my plan is to fix a board to the tiled wall and then screw the bracket to this. The board will be 10-15 mm thick and there will be minimal load, the brackets are to stop movement rather than to hold the pipe up.

So I wonder if I could use some sort of adhesive to stick the board to the wall. If so what sort of adhesive would be appropriate.


1. The toilet outlet is intended to go out horizontally through the wall, but the existing outlet is in the floor. To line up with that outlet the toilet had to be moved forward.

 

[Wayners]

Just buy a tile from DIY store for £1 and drill a few holes as a practice. Get some confidence. It's not ever a problem..
I've drilled loads no problem.
Use masonry drill.
Don't use the hammer action until you hit brick.
Go on a slow ish speed so it don't burn drill bit.
Not too much force. Go easy.
Use a plug that will go all the way in hole as you don't want plug sticking out tile. The force of screw can stretch plug top cracking tile, so a red Fischer plug with no flange will go right in hole .

Easy job. Don't worry about it. Your over thinking

 

[foxhole]

Just use 10-15mm spacers behind brackets neater than a board .

 

[Exedon]

Short end of 15mm chrome pipe cut as spacers simple.

 

[^woody^]

Don't worry about cracking tiles, tile bits really cut nice and smooth.

IMO, the tungsten spade type ones are easiest to start, and the cylindrical ones need more control/measures to stop them skidding.

Just remember not to centre-punch the tile first.

 

[StephenOak]

Just buy a tile from DIY store for £1 and drill a few holes as a practice. Get some confidence. It's not ever a problem..

Thanks. I did that and it was a very useful first step.

The tiles on the wall are 1930s originals and I suspect that they were fired a lot more. On the modern ones, once I had got through the glaze the rest was very easy to drill, whereas the originals were as tough as modern glaze all the way through.

Just use 10-15mm spacers behind brackets neater than a board .

I thought it was obvious from the first photo that the bracket is not actually connected to the pipe, so spacers would not be of any use.

The bracket relies on pressing the pipe back against a block of plastic (not visible in the photo) which in turn presses against the wall.