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Have asked my plumber (I found one who turned up!) to remove a radiator in the bathroom and replace it with a towel radiator, which I want placed on the wall behind the bath. He's saying he doesn't advise fixing a rad to a plasterboard wall.
Any thoughts on this?
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Any thoughts on this?
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Edited by miniman on Thursday 23 October 19:48
miniman said:
Have asked my plumber (I found one who turned up!) to remove a radiator in the bathroom and replace it with a towel radiator, which I want placed on the wall behind the bath. He's saying he doesn't advise fixing a rad to a plasterboard wall.
Any thoughts on this?
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I fitted my towel radiator to a plasterboard wall and the world hasn't ended. Yet.Any thoughts on this?
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Edited by miniman on Thursday 23 October 19:48
Just make sure that two of the fixing points are attached to the wooden cross pieces inside the wall.
elwe said:
I can't see a problem with a radiator on a plaster board wall, so long as the fixings are capable of taking the weight.
I have 2 radiators in my flat that are on plasterboard walls. They have been there for 26 years.
Just use proper plasterboard fixingsI have 2 radiators in my flat that are on plasterboard walls. They have been there for 26 years.
Or hit the battens.....No probs.
dickb
dly said:
dly said: how does he think they put radiators in new houses where most walls are plaster board??
just use heavy duty screw-in wall plugs on the fixings.
regards
Andy
He says that they are fixed to noggins between the studs. Which is not true as far as I can tell. I have asked him to fit the towel rad in an "interesting" location, in terms of pipework. So I susepct he's not entirely keen on the idea. I will fit it and get him on the case! Thanks all just use heavy duty screw-in wall plugs on the fixings.
regards
Andy
robinhood21 said:
At a guess, would say the additional work involved with fitting the rad on the wall behind the bath has a lot something to do with your plumbers comment.
That's what I figured - it's not like it's a fixed-price job, it's just running a couple of pipes under the floor and up through the tiles behind the bath. That's what plumbers do, isn't it? No problem at all. No weight in a towel rail anyway. Just need to use the correct fixings.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33559/Fixings/Cavity...
He probably doesnt want the hassle of moving the flow and return pipework (dont know why, thats his job). Easier for him if its kept in the same place I guess but surely he would charge less anyway.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33559/Fixings/Cavity...
He probably doesnt want the hassle of moving the flow and return pipework (dont know why, thats his job). Easier for him if its kept in the same place I guess but surely he would charge less anyway.
B17NNS said:
No problem at all. No weight in a towel rail anyway. Just need to use the correct fixings.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33559/Fixings/Cavity...
He probably doesnt want the hassle of moving the flow and return pipework (dont know why, thats his job). Easier for him if its kept in the same place I guess but surely he would charge less anyway.
Never had much success with those fixings but might give it another try. Slight complicating factor is that the wall is tiled so can't really use my preferred option, the metal spiral plasterboard fixings. http://www.screwfix.com/prods/33559/Fixings/Cavity...
He probably doesnt want the hassle of moving the flow and return pipework (dont know why, thats his job). Easier for him if its kept in the same place I guess but surely he would charge less anyway.
robinhood21 said:
What break tiles - Yep!
There could be studs in the way behind the plasterboard, so not always an easy job to carryout. Might be a case of gaining access from 'tother side of the wall to make the connections so less chance of damage to the tiles.
Nah, essentially behind the bath there is a row of tiles (i.e. horizontally laid rather than vertically on the wall if you get my drift) so the pipes will come up vertically, from the void under the back of the bath, through the tiles. There could be studs in the way behind the plasterboard, so not always an easy job to carryout. Might be a case of gaining access from 'tother side of the wall to make the connections so less chance of damage to the tiles.
Through tiles into PBoard I use these...
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/58219/Fixings/Cavity...
Either way, the job is very doable. Just find another plumber with more of a 'yes boss, no problem, I will need to do this, this and this and it will cost that' attitude.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/58219/Fixings/Cavity...
Either way, the job is very doable. Just find another plumber with more of a 'yes boss, no problem, I will need to do this, this and this and it will cost that' attitude.
Edited by B17NNS on Thursday 23 October 21:29
miniman said:
Nah, essentially behind the bath there is a row of tiles (i.e. horizontally laid rather than vertically on the wall if you get my drift) so the pipes will come up vertically, from the void under the back of the bath, through the tiles.
In that case, I can't see too much of a problem.I didn't piss about when I wanted a rad on my bathroom plasterboard wall. I just ripped the boards off, nailed in some new noggins and boarded it back up again. Slap on some tiles and Robert's your maternal sibling 
That said, half the rads in the rest of the house are screwed to noggins, the rest have plasterboard fixings (and you don't sit on them)....
That said, half the rads in the rest of the house are screwed to noggins, the rest have plasterboard fixings (and you don't sit on them)....
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