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Mounting bracket to cavity wall

  • 10-12-2013 9:33am
    #1
    Morph the Cat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 368 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    Have a slight problem. The bottom bracket for my child stair gate came came off, and I'm not sure how to refit it. See attached photos. Plaster board is all crumbled where I need to fit it (plus, the plaster board wasn't sturdy enough to support it to begin with, which it why it came off after moderate usage).
    There is an approx 7cm gap in the wall between the plaster board & the brick. So how would you suggest mounting the bracket?

    I'm contemplating an approx 7cm chunk of wood secured to the brick usign 100mm screws with 30mm plugs to fill the gap. I can then secure the bracket to the wood. But is there an easier solution?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    The Muppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,006 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Have you considered using toggle bolts to secure the gate.


  • #3
    Morph the Cat
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 368 ✭✭Morph the Cat


    The Muppet wrote: »
    Have you considered using toggle bolts to secure the gate.


    What are they?


  • #4
    Sparkpea
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Sparkpea


    easiest way out would be getting something like doorstop (clean wood, wide enough, thin enough to not look ugly but wide enough to hold) and putting it from the top bracket down to bottom, few screws on way down and if u want to be a bit anal ct1/silcone the back of it, then mount ur bracket to the wood with normal screws


  • #5
    whizbang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭whizbang


    Go the wholehog, do it properly!
    Use a decent bit of wood tho, all those screws will split a bit of deal.

    Your child wont be a child forever, then you will want to repair it all back to normal again.


  • #6
    The Muppet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,006 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    Morph the Cat wrote: »
    What are they?

    google them they are fixings designed for plasterboard.


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  • #7
    JoeBlogger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭JoeBlogger


    Hi I am looking to hang a bracket holding a 50 kg bag to a cavity block wall. Will the Rawlins bolt hold in a cavity block or do I need to go all the way through the block with a threaded bar and secure it at the far side of wall too


  • #8
    DublinDilbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭DublinDilbert


    JoeBlogger wrote: »
    Hi I am looking to hang a bracket holding a 50 kg bag to a cavity block wall. Will the Rawlins bolt hold in a cavity block or do I need to go all the way through the block with a threaded bar and secure it at the far side of wall too

    It all depends. Is the 50Kg load going straight down?? or is the 50Kg hanging on the end of a bracket? If its on the end of a bracket the geometry of the bracket will come into play.

    If the bracket is designed correctly to distribute the load, there shouldn't be any issue using say 5 rawl bolts to hold it up.


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