Those guitar holder thingies that go on the wall....

frobisher · 14-04-2009 06:58PM #1

.. Anyone put them up on a plasterboard wall? My new space is tight so the axes are going to have to move from floor stands onto the walls. but all the walls are plasterboard. But I'm nervous that they'll fall down. Anyone seen it or tried it?

PaulBrewer · 14-04-2009 07:42PM

You'll have wood battens behind the plasterboard, a bit o tappin' will find them .... then screw away , Ja?

frobisher · 14-04-2009 08:58PM

PaulBrewer wrote: »

You'll have wood battens behind the plasterboard, a bit o tappin' will find them .... then screw away , Ja?

A worthy trick indeed. But I was wondering if plaster board, even between the joists, would be strong enough?

Neurojazz · 14-04-2009 09:06PM

http://electrical.playrecord.net/fasteners-and-fixings/masonry-and-plaster-board/pasterboard-plug.p1021846.html http://electrical.playrecord.net/fasteners-and-fixings/masonry-and-plaster-board/pasterboard-plug.p1021846.html

Come at it from that angle

Welease · 14-04-2009 09:56PM

yep, use plasterboard plugs.. B&Q have them (on the isle with all the screws, they are beside the rawl plugs in blue/clear plastic bags

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Off the top of my head the medium ones will hold up to 10Kg or so.. (maybe more).. Have hung 10ft projector screens etc. from plasterboard walls with no issues.

damonjewel · 14-04-2009 10:01PM

If the wall is drylined then there is probably only an inch of space between the back of the plasterboard to the Brick, therefore use extra long screwsand rawlplugs(like frame anchors) to get a decent fixing, you could also use the plasterboard fixings that have spring out wings which give a very strong fixing to the back of the plasterboard and would easily support a guitar hook with guitar

henessjon · 14-04-2009 10:03PM

yeah they are cool they will hold em up

have 2 on plaster board

assuming your battens are originally the standard 2 ft apart

use the right rawl plugs though

Iomega Man · 14-04-2009 10:06PM

These are the only things that I use.
I've my guitar up on a hanger for the last 5 years......still holding.
You'll get them in any hardware store,B and Q,etc......
You just tap one into the wall and turn,then add one screw!! simple.

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Screws+Fixings/Cavity+Fixings/d90/sd1930

TelePaul · 15-04-2009 01:23AM

Guitars go in their hard-cases, damn it! :mad:

ZV Yoda · 15-04-2009 08:36AM

I wouldn't take any chances just fixing to plasterboard. I've had too many bad experiences with those plasterboard fixings. Even if the fittings hold, plasterboard is really not ideal for those wall hangers – if somebody hits off the guitar while it’s hanging, it’ll swing a fair bit & that may be enough to pull the fitting out of the wall. Although they may say they'll hold 10Kg or whatever, that doesn't allow for knocks/bumps causing the guitar to swing on the hanger.

If you can't fix the hanger directly through the plasterboard & into a baton, then I'd put a strip of 2x1 (or similar) on top of the plasterboard straddling 2 batons. Fix the 2x1 to the batons & then fix the guitar hangers to the 2x1. You can make it look very neat – varnish/paint the 2x1 if necessary.

Better safe than sorry!

If you can’t don/t want to that, then I’d go with Iomega man’s suggestion – at least you’re fixing to the block work.

Iomega Man wrote: »

These are the only things that I use.
I've my guitar up on a hanger for the last 5 years......still holding.
You'll get them in any hardware store,B and Q,etc......
You just tap one into the wall and turn,then add one screw!! simple.
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Screws+Fixings/Cavity+Fixings/d90/sd1930

Those guitar holder thingies that go on the wall....

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