I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

DerbyBorn wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Make a nice decorative wooden plaque with fixing screws wide apart and
mount the bog roll holder onto that.

Bob

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
...
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.


Plasterboard is ****e. It's not a big deal just part of the ****e of 21st
century life that we have to put up with like being spammed and cold called
all day long, like being robbed by your own bank, like being nicked for
parking just to fill the town council's coffers. No fixing to plasterboard
can be stronger than the plasterboard itself, which is feeble. Sounds like
your plasterboard isn't even fixed to the wall behind it. I weep for you.
Also I laugh at the idiocy of it all.

Tim W

On Jun 18, 6:01 pm, DerbyBorn wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

metal Redidrivas (screwfux,toolsatan et al) doing that job in 3
bathrooms here....

Jim K

On Jun 18, 11:01*pm, Jim K wrote:
On Jun 18, 6:01 pm, DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

metal Redidrivas (screwfux,toolsatan et al) doing that job in 3
bathrooms here....

Jim K

The problem is the closeness of the hole spacings. The Redidrivas
would be touching each other and would seriously weaken the
plasterboard..
Perhaps if I can find a Chrome electrical blanking plate..........and
can bolt the spigot to it.......
I think I need to take it back to Homebase and start looking for an
alternative design where the twisting force will be taken along a
longer base. Pity as I liked the look of it and its matching towel
rail.

On 18/06/2011 18:01, DerbyBorn wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

With all the new builds around here I have to fit dozens of the buggers.
Next & B&Q both use this system - I'd love to get the designer on site
to fit one - the git.

You can get a decent enough fixing. The problem is that 2 holes at such
close centres weakens the PB.

If the fitting uses 2 holes to avoid twisting I use the small Rawlplug
'Uno' yellow plugs which use a 5mm masonry bit. These fix to the
plasterboard only, but give a very strong fix.

If the twisting isn't an issue I'll use a single brown 'uno' with a 7mm
bit - again, very strong fix.

I can't recommend these 'Uno' plugs highly enough, never had a bad fix
on any type of wall.







--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 18/06/2011 23:01, Jim K wrote:
On Jun 18, 6:01 pm, wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

metal Redidrivas (screwfux,toolsatan et al) doing that job in 3
bathrooms here....

Good fix to a plasterboard stud partition, but dot & dab doesn't give
enough space for them IME.




--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On 19/06/2011 00:57, The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 18/06/2011 18:01, DerbyBorn wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

With all the new builds around here I have to fit dozens of the buggers.
Next & B&Q both use this system - I'd love to get the designer on site
to fit one - the git.

You can get a decent enough fixing. The problem is that 2 holes at such
close centres weakens the PB.

If the fitting uses 2 holes to avoid twisting I use the small Rawlplug
'Uno' yellow plugs which use a 5mm masonry bit. These fix to the
plasterboard only, but give a very strong fix.

If the twisting isn't an issue I'll use a single brown 'uno' with a 7mm
bit - again, very strong fix.

I can't recommend these 'Uno' plugs highly enough, never had a bad fix
on any type of wall.



"Hollow door fixings" are useful where there isn't enough gap behind the
PB for normal PB fixings.

On Jun 19, 12:59 am, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 18/06/2011 23:01, Jim K wrote:



On Jun 18, 6:01 pm, wrote:
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

metal Redidrivas (screwfux,toolsatan et al) doing that job in 3
bathrooms here....

Good fix to a plasterboard stud partition, but dot & dab doesn't give
enough space for them IME.

Aye, spose all depends on the standards of the construction, age of
house etc as to how big a gap behind the pb, and what is then behind
that. Some ****ty concrete blocks won't argue much and 'twill work.

In the past i've chopped down nylon redidrivas (after preparing the
threaded pb hole with a metal redidriva), so reducing the protrusion
by cutting off the (redundant) self drilling part.

If the masonry is so close behind the pb (so far i don't think it's
been checked) can't the OP just fix to the masonry, "injecting" a
touch of squirty foam through the holes in the pb to support the pb
from being "pulled" in when the screws are finally tightened after the
foams gone off??

Jim K

"DerbyBorn" wrote in message
...
I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres.

A few years ago in my mothers cottage, I resorted to cutting a 3 inch hole
in the plasterboard. Filling the hole right back to the block wall behind,
rubbing down, re painting ( I was re-decorating the room anyway) and fixing
to the filler. This was to re fix a kitchen towel holder that had repeatedly
pulled away from a dab fixed plasterboard wall. It didn't come off again in
4 years.

Mike

"Zapp Brannigan" wrote in message
...
Tim W wrote:

Plasterboard is ****e. It's not a big deal just part of the ****e of 21st
century life that we have to put up with like being spammed and cold
called
all day long, like being robbed by your own bank, like being nicked for
parking just to fill the town council's coffers. No fixing to
plasterboard
can be stronger than the plasterboard itself, which is feeble. Sounds
like
your plasterboard isn't even fixed to the wall behind it. I weep for you.
Also I laugh at the idiocy of it all.

"the modern world, this dark abyss full of ready meals and Ant & Dec..."
Miles Jupp
That's good. I might make it my sig. Ta.

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.


Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.

On Jun 20, 6:00*pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. *The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. *It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.

Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

Thanks for your inputs.

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:08:21 +0100, DerbyBorn
wrote:

On Jun 20, 6:00 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large
hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a
length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.

Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

Thanks for your inputs.

http://www.fischer.de/en/fill-and-fix.aspx

Or for a more d-i-y appropriate technique, mix some polyurethane glue and
suitable filler, squirt through hole into space. Trim and fit accessory.

O - no longer a problem...

Rod

"polygonum" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:08:21 +0100, DerbyBorn
wrote:

On Jun 20, 6:00 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large
hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a
length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.

Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

Thanks for your inputs.

http://www.fischer.de/en/fill-and-fix.aspx

Or for a more d-i-y appropriate technique, mix some polyurethane glue and
suitable filler, squirt through hole into space. Trim and fit accessory.

O - no longer a problem...

Rod


Looks great. I will try it when I encounter a problem. I did think the
design of the holder was tempting fate.

On 20/06/2011 22:42, DerbyBoy wrote:


"polygonum" wrote in message
news
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:08:21 +0100, DerbyBorn
wrote:

On Jun 20, 6:00 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large
hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a
length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.

Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

Thanks for your inputs.

http://www.fischer.de/en/fill-and-fix.aspx

Or for a more d-i-y appropriate technique, mix some polyurethane glue and
suitable filler, squirt through hole into space. Trim and fit accessory.

O - no longer a problem...

Rod


Looks great. I will try it when I encounter a problem. I did think the
design of the holder was tempting fate.

All these ideas are great if you have all the time in the world. Doing
it for a living is an entirely different kettle of fish.



--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

DerbyBorn wrote:

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

I was just about to suggest something like this:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00162549

which has the added advantage that it can store 4 rolls, which
should meet most requirements ;-)

Chris
--
Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK


Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh.

On Jun 21, 12:06 am, The Medway Handyman
wrote:
On 20/06/2011 22:42, DerbyBoy wrote:





"polygonum" wrote in message
news

On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:08:21 +0100, DerbyBorn
wrote:

On Jun 20, 6:00 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:
TheOldFellow wrote:
On Sat, 18 Jun 2011 10:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyBorn wrote:

I think I have made a bad choice of accessory!

With SWMBO I bought a towel rail and toilet roll holder. The toilet
roll holder needs to have a small spigot screwed to the wall with two
screws at approx 9/16 centres. The chrome holder then fits to theis
spigot. Two screws are needed to resist the holder from twisting.

The trouble is that the wall is dab n dob plasterboard. I am thinking
that I am going to get into difficulties trying to get a good fixing.
Going into the breeze block is possible but as yet I am not sure how
far back it is. Even then I need to prevent the plasterboard pulling
in and making the fitting loose.

Any ideas? I want a neat job.

Perhaps, and this is very tentative, you could drill a single large
hole
right through the plasterboard and well into the block. The hole size
can be the maximum that will be hidden by the fitting, I'm guessing
25mm. Then bond with epoxy something that will take the stresses into
said hole. Drill the something to take the screws, possibly before
epoxying in. The "Something" could be a hardwood dowel, or even a
length
of steel or ally round if you can drill and tap it.

All my other thoughts involve divorce. It's a lot of trouble for a
(deleted)

R.

If its dot and dab, make a hole in the board a bit bigger than the screw
and somehow get car body filler behind the board. You can use short
screws straight into that, or drill right through and use rawlplugs.

Or simply remove a board section, and replace with car body filler
'filling' ..its not hard to reskim and paint.

Another option is to tile that area, then drill and use the tile to
spread the load to the board.

Or use a nice section of scrap hardwood board glued to the PB.

Never be afraid to rip out PB and replace/skim/sand/repaint.- Hide
quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Some good ideas today - however, I have returned the holder and had a
refund. I have spotted a few others - all at a higher price which will
give a downward loading rather than a torsion. SWMBO is considering a
floor standing bog roll holder.

Thanks for your inputs.

http://www.fischer.de/en/fill-and-fix.aspx

Or for a more d-i-y appropriate technique, mix some polyurethane glue and
suitable filler, squirt through hole into space. Trim and fit accessory.

O - no longer a problem...

Rod

Looks great. I will try it when I encounter a problem. I did think the
design of the holder was tempting fate.

All these ideas are great if you have all the time in the world. Doing
it for a living is an entirely different kettle of fish.

eh?? squirty foam "void bracing" included ?!

Jim K

replying to Tim W, STU wrote:
Well, that's helpful! #not

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No its not, as you need to quote if you want anyone here to understand what
the bleedin hell you is on abart, matey.
Brian

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replying to Tim W, STU wrote:
Well, that's helpful! #not

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On Saturday, 28 September 2019 14:44:06 UTC+1, STU wrote:
replying to Tim W, STU wrote:
Well, that's helpful! #not

And eight years is a very, very long time to come to a conclusion about someone's response.

On 28/09/2019 17:54, polygonum_on_google wrote:
On Saturday, 28 September 2019 14:44:06 UTC+1, STU wrote:
replying to Tim W, STU wrote:
Well, that's helpful! #not

And eight years is a very, very long time to come to a conclusion about someone's response.


He might as well **** off back into his time machine.

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replying to STU, Bob E. wrote:
He probably did make it his sig. Back in 2011, when he posted it. Your reply
is eight years late.

*Try looking at the date on posts!*

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