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Default Maximum weight on shelves fixed to plasterboard wall

On 23/01/2011 09:37, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 22/01/2011 22:01, D.M. Procida wrote:
Assuming that I have appropriate fixings, what is the maximum weight I
should try to hang from a plasterboard wall?

I have one of these:
http://www.habitat.co.uk/cleo-cd-storage/-//fcp-product/997898 that's
going to need to be wall-mounted. 400 CDs make quite a weight, and the
thing is heavy enough to begin with.


Might be an opportunity to try these
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Scre.../sd3165/p34047


But aren't those specifically for dot-and-dab walls? I'm guessing the
OP's are stud wall construction, although it hasn't been specified.

David