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Need a better solution for mounting stuff on plasterboard walls

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  • #32
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,180 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    LenWoods wrote: »
    +1
    I've used Grip it fixings to secure 32" Televisions and brackets to plasterboard walls upstairs in my house as shown here:
    the creator of Gripit even got in contact to say thanks
    Link: https://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/topic/80864-living-room-project/?do=findComment&comment=715111

    also for those with insulated plasterboard fitted on a solid wall; I highly recomment using RIGFIX fixings which are steel bolts with a wall plug that goes in to the concrete wall using an allen key,
    the internal cavity of the bolt is threaded which then accepts a 6mm or 8mm bolt depending on the size of RIGFIX purchased

    I'm all set to order the yellow gripits but I'm finding it hard to find anywhere that has a 15mm flat drill bit which I understand you need for drilling the right size hole. Is there any alternative or just wait until I can find one?


  • #33
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,517 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    I'm all set to order the yellow gripits but I'm finding it hard to find anywhere that has a 15mm flat drill bit which I understand you need for drilling the right size hole. Is there any alternative or just wait until I can find one?

    Like this?

    https://www.goodwins.ie/products/flat-wood-bit-15mm.html

    (not sure whether the picture is wrong or the description!)


  • #34
    Four Phucs Ache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Four Phucs Ache


    Do you have any files?, it's only plasterboard.

    My diy head would stuff the hole with something and use a compass and pencil for your 15mm hole ?

    The just file back to the line.

    But granted from the 18th just go to a hardware place and get a 15mm bit just like lumen posted.


  • #35
    unklerosco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,830 ✭✭✭unklerosco


    youcancallmeal wrote: »
    I'm all set to order the yellow gripits but I'm finding it hard to find anywhere that has a 15mm flat drill bit which I understand you need for drilling the right size hole. Is there any alternative or just wait until I can find one?

    B&Q used to do a gripfix multipack which came with drill bits included for the different sizes. That's where I got them.


  • #36
    Turbulent Bill
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭Turbulent Bill


    Molly fittings are fantastic for plasterboard, neater and a lot more reliable than anything else I've found. You can install them just with a screwdriver, but there's a compression tool that's even better (see (https://www.woodies.ie/molly-8-x-25mm-fixings-multi-kit-1097889) as it eliminates the risk of them spinning as they're installed.

    The only caveat is to pick the right fitting for your plasterboard thickness, just common sense.


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  • #37
    LenWoods
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭LenWoods


    How many do you need ?
    I have a good few here which came in the kit I purchased; I never needed the yellow,
    The kit also came with the specific sized drill bit;
    If you want to message me I can send them to you tomorrow via post


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