Mounting a bathroom cabinet - tile, drylining

hooplah

Hi all,

We had a builder in a while ago and got a bathroom put in. He lined the walls with drylining first, and there's tile over that.

I'm putting up a mirror and figured if I used 100 mm screws I'd reach the concrete and could use normal screws and rawl plugs. I drilled the holes but there's no real grip for the screws so I don't think it would be safe to put up the cabinet.

What are my options? I'm not sure how thick the insulation section of the drylining is, or how deep a hollow might be.

Sleeper12

6mm drill bit. Drill 4 holes and use red plugs. Use 50X40 brass screws.
This is more than enough to hold a bathroom cabinet. The tiles themselves are strong enough. It's not like a kitchen cabinet that would be heavy and full of heavy objects.
If you are still worried use 6 screws instead of 4.

antiskeptic

hooplah wrote: »

Hi all,

We had a builder in a while ago and got a bathroom put in. He lined the walls with drylining first, and there's tile over that.

I'm putting up a mirror and figured if I used 100 mm screws I'd reach the concrete and could use normal screws and rawl plugs. I drilled the holes but there's no real grip for the screws so I don't think it would be safe to put up the cabinet.

What are my options? I'm not sure how thick the insulation section of the drylining is, or how deep a hollow might be.

+1 above

BrokenArrows

hooplah wrote: »

Hi all,

We had a builder in a while ago and got a bathroom put in. He lined the walls with drylining first, and there's tile over that.

I'm putting up a mirror and figured if I used 100 mm screws I'd reach the concrete and could use normal screws and rawl plugs. I drilled the holes but there's no real grip for the screws so I don't think it would be safe to put up the cabinet.

What are my options? I'm not sure how thick the insulation section of the drylining is, or how deep a hollow might be.

How heavy is the cabinet?
Are the walls made of plasterboard?

If it is plasterboard then your best option will be to find the studs in the wall and screw the cabinet to that.

Alternatively get yourself some plasterboard fixings. Use plenty of them to evenly distribute the weight.
I like these http://www.screwfix.com/p/easyfix-self-drill-plasterboard-fixings-metal-32mm-100-pack/2422H?kpid=2422H&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3_y1y8_m1QIVpbXtCh11TwIiEAQYASABEgLtDPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CM_yzc_P5tUCFWepUQodfXwOww

hooplah

Thanks for the tips folks.

The mirror cabinet is 11 kg

It's got some predefined spots for screws, and the way it is put together limits you to using those really.

I need to line it up with the sink or it will look odd.

I reckon the thing to do now is:

1. mark out where the cabinet should go and where the screws have to go.
2. drill and see if I am hitting the wooden batton or not
3. fix to the wood, or to the plasterboard depending on step 2.

How does that sound?

I am tempted by the idea that the tiles would be strong enough and that I could just use red plugs and brass screws. But I'm worried the cabinet would just pull the tiles off the wall.

Is there any listing of the weight they can hold?

Sleeper12

You only need to get good fixings on the tiles. I drill 25 to 50 holes in bathroom tiles everyday. If you have studs behind well & good if not don't worry about it.
Think of it this way: plasterboard is attached to the studs

hooplah

Ok, thanks for that.