"Fredxx" wrote in message
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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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On 30/07/2010 13:43, Fredxx wrote:
How would the people here do this? What fixings and methods?

I'm assuming that the studs are not going to line-up with any brackets.
I'm
hoping that the plasterboard is going to be the 1/2" variety.

What sized rad?

Are you constricted in position - or would 6" either way along a wall
make no difference?

Assuming you can be a bit flexible on position, then find the studs and
see if they match the bracket positions. If they do, job sorted. If not
one end is easy, and you need to think about what to do at the other end.

A small ish rad (i.e. no more than 4' long) would be secure enough
screwed to a stud at one end and on cavity wall anchors at the other. For
a big heavy rad, then cut out a lump of plasterboard and insert a couple
of noggings (4x2, long face vertical) in the right place to catch the
screws from the brackets. Replace plasterboard cutout and screw back,
fill round the edge to cover the cut (it will be hidden behind a rad
anyway!)


Many thanks.

I'm a pessimist and its a 2ft wide radiator which needs to be centred on
an end wall.

The worst case scenario I am expecting is a stud bang in the middle of
both brackets!! I really don't fancy putting in 2 sets of noggings.


What I've done in the past, as a variant of battens (on lath and plaster
wall), is to put in a panel of 12 mm plywood deep enough to take the
brackets and long enough to span the studs while staying within the
radiator. You won't notice the extra distance from the wall. If it's a big
rad you might need more than two screws per bracket.