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Radiator Hanging on a partition wall has come off

  • 22-11-2016 9:40am
    #1
    harry999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭


    See picture attached - but the radiator on partitioned wall has come off. Can I get some filling in woodies to fill hole and screw into again, or do I plaster hole leave it dry and then screw into again.
    Will I need to take off radiator or I can do without taking off/disconnection radiator ? Thanks


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  • #2
    harry999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 619 ✭✭✭harry999


    photos attached...


  • #3
    exaisle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,676 ✭✭✭exaisle


    harry999 wrote: »
    See picture attached - but the radiator on partitioned wall has come off. Can I get some filling in woodies to fill hole and screw into again, or do I plaster hole leave it dry and then screw into again.
    Will I need to take off radiator or I can do without taking off/disconnection radiator ? Thanks

    It looks like the brackets have only been retained by the plasterboard...that isn't good enough to support their weight now that it's come away.Any repair you do will still be weaker than the original board. You could look for a really big snap toggle retainer but I suspect you'll have to find one of the timber frames and secure the bracket to that. If you're lucky, you'll find it within an inch or so of the existing hole. If not, it's a bigger job altogether...

    If you shut the valves at both ends of the radiator you should be able to lift the radiator off the other bracket and rotate it so the top of it sits on the floor, allowing you to work on the wall.


  • #4
    seamus
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    As exaisle says, you might get lucky and one of the timber uprights is very close. Considering that the installer specifically used drywall anchors, this would suggest to me that there weren't any timber uprights nearby and he just wanted to finish the job for the day.

    One ugly hack you can do is to fix battens to the wall to provide an anchor for the rad. Details on how to do it here;
    http://www.diyfixit.co.uk/building/fixing-heavy-loads-to-plasterboard-or-solid-walls.html

    You'll probably get away with a dirty job installing a batten as it'll be behind the radiator anyway. So you don't need to skim it perfectly.


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