Hello, I am replacing an old plastic cistern with a heavier ceramic one. Can I hang it on the plasterboard? There are no studs in a useful position, but screwing on to timber would mean cutting off plasterboard and installing studs then replacing plasterboard.
Installing a cistern
- Thread starter alanjf
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Is this a high or low level cistern?
If it's high wear a crash hemet when you use the bog.
If it's high wear a crash hemet when you use the bog.
The weight probably isn't much different once full of water...
Even so, you don't want to be hanging a ceramic cistern on plaster board, cut it out and put some noggins in is best.
Belt and braces. Use proper fixings in the cistern holes and use a pair of brackets, also with proper fixings. The bigger the better.
As previously, there will not be a lot of weight difference between the plastic and pot cistern.
As previously, there will not be a lot of weight difference between the plastic and pot cistern.
That's not belt and braces! Belt and braces is puitting noggins in and screwing them to that. You know it makes sense, that cistern could be on the wall for the next 30 years or more. 
Not if it's not fitted correctly.
Like screwed to plasterboard you mean?
I'm a scouser not some posh pufter from darn sarf, it's a noggin to me.
The op said he didn't want to remove the plasterboard to get behind it, not quite the same thing. That's up to him, but he asked for advice and if he wants to do it right that's what he should do.
The op said he didn't want to remove the plasterboard to get behind it, not quite the same thing. That's up to him, but he asked for advice and if he wants to do it right that's what he should do.
I have a tendency towards overkill and I thought if you had all said "plasterboard? no problem, you could hang a bath off it" that would settle that, but my overall impression now is "better safe than sorry." Thanks for all your replies, Alan. ps What does OP stand for?
Or - Overly Pedantic
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