rad on drywall

[dotto]

Hi all.
Is it possible to hang a radiator on a partition wall and how can i prevent it from collapsing? The partition wall is already there and the studs are to far apart to screw rad brackets into them. Thank you for answering.

 

[pannierstan]

Use cavity fixings.

Screw in types are better than collapsable or brolly.

Remember most of the weight is sheer so they will hold fine.

Stan

 

[kevplumb]

how big is the rad

 

[nickso]

must be a small one if the studs are too far apart. should be fine.

 

[dotto]

how big is the rad

Hi Kev.
I will have to fit a big one since the room is quite big about 30 square m. and quite cold as well. It is a big shed in a commercial estate. I am running pipework off an existing rad, up above removable slate ceiling ( because i do not want to lift floor up) and down to the room where he wants the rad fitted .My worry is that the rad is not going to be supported by flow and return pipes because of my pipe running so the partition wall may well collapse under the great weight of the rad. Do you think i should locate the position of studs and screw a noggin across ( i mean on the top of plaster board and across studs)and hang rad on it for better stability? Or do you have a more esthetic idea since with the noggin job the rad will be about 200 mm off the wall.

 

[nickso]

the pipes shouldnt be taking the weight in any case.

screw plywood onto the studs in several places and screw the rad onto the plywood...spreads the weight more to stop the wall falling apart

 

[dotto]

the pipes shouldnt be taking the weight in any case.

screw plywood onto the studs in several places and screw the rad onto the plywood...spreads the weight more to stop the wall falling apart

Thanks Nickso

 

[Paul Barker]

the pipes shouldnt be taking the weight in any case.

screw plywood onto the studs in several places and screw the rad onto the plywood...spreads the weight more to stop the wall falling apart

Yes this is the best suggestion, I have used all methods but this one lasts longest, short of plunging an oblong hole in the board, guiding a longer but same width noggin into it at, two screws to secure it's position, patch up, and fixing rad bracket through board to the noggin.

The problem is far greater in a tiled bathroom with a ladder rail. About the only reliable option, failing the above method followed by full retile, is toggle fittings, but the ladder rail will soon be swinging free. You have to fix rads and towel rails to withstand the bums of idiots who like to swing off them.

Many fit a bathroom suite in 3hrs newbuild site plumbers make a complete balls of drywall fixings, leaving us a few years down the line to refix it. If the build was prperly coordinated appropriate noggins could be designed in, but of course you can't make a fortune doing new builds properly.

 

[dotto]

the pipes shouldnt be taking the weight in any case.

screw plywood onto the studs in several places and screw the rad onto the plywood...spreads the weight more to stop the wall falling apart

Yes this is the best suggestion, I have used all methods but this one lasts longest, short of plunging an oblong hole in the board, guiding a longer but same width noggin into it at, two screws to secure it's position, patch up, and fixing rad bracket through board to the noggin.

The problem is far greater in a tiled bathroom with a ladder rail. About the only reliable option, failing the above method followed by full retile, is toggle fittings, but the ladder rail will soon be swinging free. You have to fix rads and towel rails to withstand the bums of idiots who like to swing off them.

Many fit a bathroom suite in 3hrs newbuild site plumbers make a complete balls of drywall fixings, leaving us a few years down the line to refix it. If the build was prperly coordinated appropriate noggins could be designed in, but of course you can't make a fortune doing new builds properly.

Thanks for answering Paul. Would you rather cut out a length of plasterboard between the two studs so that you can screw a noggin inbetween the studs and put the length of plasterboard you have cut out back on or would you not touch the plasterboard at all, try to locate the position of two studs instead, screw two lengths of noggin the same thickness as the studs through the plasterboard, through the studs, paint them the same colour as the wall and fix the rad brackets through them??