"Weatherlawyer" wrote in message
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Steven Campbell wrote:
Can someone please off me advice as to what kind of fixings I need to
hold
the strips to the plasterboard wall and what kind of weight i can put
on
them. I need one set of 6' shelves (3 shelves) and one set of 4' (3
shelves).

I know the general advice so far is don't, but my last house was all
plasterboard and these walls held 5 feet central heating radiators with
no
problem, which are a hell of a weight when full of water.

Now I come to think about it, our kitchen units are all attached to
plasterboard walls and not via the studs either. These are also some
weight
by the time the dishes etc are in them.

Both heaters and units were attached using these hollow wall anchors
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...03851&id=11143

Is this the kind of shelving you plan to use where you just insert the
brackets into these uprights?
http://www.screwfix.com/sfd/i/cat/74/p1381474_x.jpg

If so then personally I would have no problems in attaching these to
plasterboard using the hollow wall anchors.

With a new build the kitchen will be catered for by the architect
demanding that patresses ply boards be built into the walls before the
plasterbaord goes on. The fitters then just screw into the ply.

Sorry I should have added that our kitchen is in an extension that wasn't
originally designed as a kitchen. The units are directly attached to the
plasterboard via the hollow fixings. And like I said, are rock solid.