12.50mm plug & screw max weight?

lemonkey

Wall: Tiles on 12.50mm plasterboard - Timber stud buildup.

What would be the max weight per screw on the above? I see on Screwfix you can get special plugs for fixing on plasterboard where grounds are not available.

Job: Hang 4-folding Bath/shower screen - max 15kg weight.



EDIT: Title should read ''12.50mm plasterboard plug & screw max weight?''

Notch000

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jmBuildExt

lemonkey wrote: »

Wall: Tiles on 12.50mm plasterboard - Timber stud buildup.

What would be the max weight per screw on the above? I see on Screwfix you can get special plugs for fixing on plasterboard where grounds are not available.

Job: Hang 4-folding Bath/shower screen - max 15kg weight.



EDIT: Title should read ''12.50mm plasterboard plug & screw max weight?''

The weight is one thing.
But more important is how far it "levers" from the wall. So assuming its not supported at the far end, when it is extended to its full length its going to be pulling on your top fixture hard.

Thats different to a e.g. heavy mirror thats pulling almost directly downwards on the fixtures/plasterboard.

Is there no stud to go into at all?

For me i wouldn't even consider it without a stud or grounds. Especially in the bathroom where there is moisture.

lemonkey

jmBuildExt wrote: »

The weight is one thing.
But more important is how far it "levers" from the wall. So assuming its not supported at the far end, when it is extended to its full length its going to be pulling on your top fixture hard.

Thats different to a e.g. heavy mirror thats pulling almost directly downwards on the fixtures/plasterboard.

Is there no stud to go into at all?

For me i wouldn't even consider it without a stud or grounds. Especially in the bathroom where there is moisture.

I get what you mean by the lever pull.

No studs available at all. The way my bathroom is set out is the shower is fixed to a stud and there no more than 250mm distance from the left side of the shower and the door frame/architrave. So there is nothing between both and that's the only area I can fit the screen.

It'd be ideal not to have to cut the plasterboard in the hallway to fit grounds and slab, skim and paint the area.

BrokenArrows

Whatever about the weight of the screen, what about someone who leans on it and doesnt know you have it mounted to plasterboard.

2011

lemonkey wrote: »

It'd be ideal not to have to cut the plasterboard in the hallway to fit grounds and slab, skim and paint the area.

I appreciate your reluctance to do this but it would be the best approach in my opinion. You will be in a far worst position if you end up with the screen pulling tiles off the wall in your bathroom :eek: