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shelf for airing cupboard

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    kadman
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    1 1/4" panel pins, plus a dot of glue would suffice.

    Lots of options here really.

    If you had an electric stapler with the appropriate staples 1 1/4" would do also.

    Shelf battens are not under any major stress, loads or movement.


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    kadman
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    Drywall fixings of battens require either drywall fixings,

    or use a preparatory adhesive, like tek 7, no more nails ect.
    Coat the batten with a bead, and wedge it from the other side of the unit.
    Remove 24hrs later.

    You need to be careful putting fixingx into areas of a hotpress.
    There tends to be lots of pipes, and wiring, seen and hidden.

    Tread lightly


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    kadman wrote: »
    Drywall fixings of battens require either drywall fixings,

    or use a preparatory adhesive, like tek 7, no more nails ect.
    Coat the batten with a bead, and wedge it from the other side of the unit.
    Remove 24hrs later.

    You need to be careful putting fixingx into areas of a hotpress.
    There tends to be lots of pipes, and wiring, seen and hidden.

    Tread lightly


    The existing drywall battens are fiited with nails? Would they be going into joists so if i put them right above the existing ones?


    would tek 7/no more nails hold the weight? https://www.woodies.ie/paint-decorating/decorating-supplies/sealants/tec7-grey-1051325

    holds 27kg, would that be enough


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    kadman
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    If you have a stud finder, or know for definite that there are vertical studs
    that you can fix the horizontal battens onto, then thats perfect.

    Once you can be sure there is no wiring and no pipes behind the plasterboard,
    and you can find timber groundwork, then you can screw fix to your hearts content.

    But if you cannot confirm this, then the simplest quickest is the adhesive method.
    There are plenty of other options, but adhesive is simplest.

    Tek7 properly applied is extremely strong.


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    kadman
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    Tek 7 strength.

    :D:D:D


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    80j2lc5y7u6qs9
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    kadman wrote: »
    If you have a stud finder, or know for definite that there are vertical studs
    that you can fix the horizontal battens onto, then thats perfect.

    Once you can be sure there is no wiring and no pipes behind the plasterboard,
    and you can find timber groundwork, then you can screw fix to your hearts content.

    But if you cannot confirm this, then the simplest quickest is the adhesive method.
    There are plenty of other options, but adhesive is simplest.

    Tek7 properly applied is extremely strong.
    OK i think tec7 isbest then. That would also hold a towel rail to plasterboard and a shelf to a 'real' wall not plasterboard?


    Thanks


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