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On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:19:49 UTC+1, Tim+ wrote:

In the process of changing a radiator and found that the old fixings were a
bit too flimsy for my liking.

The new one is a 2000x450 double convector so fairly heavy. There are
currently three battens with two wood screws each, the screws going through
the battens and into the thermalite. The battens and screws just about
fell out when I tried to remove the screws. All the vertical load seems to
have been carried by the plaster coat around the battens.

Whats the best wall fixing for this sort of load in thermalite?

Tim

Options include coach screws into large wooden plugs, or resin bonding
them in, or supporting the supporting sheet at the ground. The 1st is the
least strong. Or use floor sitting rads.


NT


What sheet? Theres a plaster coat on the thermalite into which the battens
are embedded, or rather, were.

Think I might fix new battens that extend down to the floorboards to take
the vertical load.

Tim

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