mattc83 Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 hi guys just bought a shotgun cabinet and only realised when i made the holes that all the walls in my house are plasterboard. im a bit stuck on how to fit it to the wall as the fittings iv got wont hold it anyone came across the problem or have any ideas matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 (edited) you can fit it to the floor or some have taken out the plasterboard to get to the solid wall and fixed their cabinet to that. al Edited March 3, 2010 by albob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 You can drill deeper until you reach the brickwork then use a chemical anchor which is a resin and a piece of screwed rod . You can use a longer rod if needed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 or the mods could move it to the right section for you and you will get more replies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillieboy Posted March 3, 2010 Report Share Posted March 3, 2010 or the mods could move it to the right section for you and you will get more replies. love the reply made me giggle lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoughton Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) I had just the same issue. I was advised NOT to break through laters until I reached the outert brickwork - to do so would essentially break all the vapour barriers that exist. It really wouldn't be very easy to get right through to the brickwork and use resin solutions anyway. My solution agreed with the FEO was to lay the cabinet down on the floor. If you have solid floors - great! If you don't then you'll need to screw down into the joists - that's what I did. I drilled extra holes in the back of the cabinet in the right places and then used eight 100mm long, 10mm diameter coach screws. It is more secure than wall fixings would be I tell you! If you PM me an email address I could send you photos if that would be of any help. There is excellent guidance available at Police guidelines. These even define the minimum size fixing you should use for floor fixing to timber joists see para 2.11 Please really think hard before potentially damaging the integrity of the construction of your house - many people will advise you to do things that would be very wrong and very costly to resolve. The worst suggestion I received was from an FEO (not the one that did my inspection) who said he would insist that I drew around the cabinet, cut away an apature in the plasterboard and the timber behind and then fixing to the external brickwork. That would have resulted in a broken vapour barrier and condensation inside and on the door of the cabinet itself. Thankfully the more local FEO who visited me had more sense and OK'd my joist fixing without any hesitation. Job done. Good luck, Steve Edited March 4, 2010 by shoughton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattc83 Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 thanks for that steve i will look into that one. thanks for ur help matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albob Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 Please really think hard before potentially damaging the integrity of the construction of your house - many people will advise you to do things that would be very wrong and very costly to resolve. The worst suggestion I received was from an FEO (not the one that did my inspection) who said he would insist that I drew around the cabinet, cut away an apature in the plasterboard and the timber behind and then fixing to the external brickwork. That would have resulted in a broken vapour barrier and condensation inside and on the door of the cabinet itself. Good luck, Steve good info steve and never thought or heard anyone mention that before. al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silhouette Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 You could think about putting it in the loft. Usually a bit of exposed brick up there, or plenty of exposd Joists to bolt it to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattc83 Posted March 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 i did think of doin that, tho unfortunately they do not build the new houses like they used to. insulated n lovely and warm but a pain in the **** to put stuff on walls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric parker Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 ok this is interesting! I have a similar problem, i have just moved into a flat with a new job but all the walls are lagged and plastered (i think an old hay loft conversion) and the floors are completely covered in carpet and then nailed down mdf board. its going to be difficult to secure the cabinet without causing alot of damage! Below are stables, but these obviously dont lock up at night, i dont suppose you could fix it in there? Whats your thoughts? Thanks for help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man-o-woods Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Another way is to glue ( No Nails) and screw a piece piece of heavy ply to the wall and then fix through that. Just a thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) hmm i have fixed stuff to most walls and new builds are a pain, you need to know your wall contruction and choose the correct fixings there will be a solution floor fixings most likely, carpet rolls up and as long as you dont have under floor heating! Some pics would help Edited March 16, 2010 by HDAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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