Fixing a mirror to plasterboard wall

[canalsiderenovation]

3 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Absolutely not. They work themselves loose, and the mirror will be moved a bit during each wipe down / polish. It’s a bathroom, not a corridor, so cleaning will be much more frequent / vigorous   

 

Not a bathroom it's in a living room.....

[canalsiderenovation]

I've been in work so only just picked this up but my neighbor dropped me off these which I think are a better option and what a couple of people recommended so I'll try these later.

 

 

[ProDave]

17 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

I've been in work so only just picked this up but my neighbor dropped me off these which I think are a better option and what a couple of people recommended so I'll try these later.

 

 

Yes they are good, but did he loan you the tool you need to crimp them into place?

[Mr Punter]

Yes you definitely need the setting tool with those anchors.  Just tightening them and they will often spin and knacker the plasterboard.

[canalsiderenovation]

45 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Yes they are good, but did he loan you the tool you need to crimp them into place?

Yep! No idea how to work it yet though.....

 

 

[PeterW]

Hook the screw behind the steel bit on the right, insert it into a suitably sized hole and squeeze the handles ... 

 

 

[Bitpipe]

4 hours ago, Onoff said:

 

Not GRIPITS?

 

 

Those are the ones! only ever saw them in my local BM and they stopped stocking them. Glad to see that Screwfix still do them.

 

3 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Click and collect today. 
 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/gripit-plasterboard-fixing-25-x-14mm-8-pack/682GK?tc=ET2&ds_kid=92700048793290424&ds_rl=1249413&gclid=CjwKCAiAirb_BRBNEiwALHlnD8I-BBfC7hs_wBI21bKybD1MPEd4UTd3C-6aaCs3zAID7D1cfg6CQRoC5zwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

 

36 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Ah, yes. Apologies. In bathroom mode atm. 
 

Still disagree with trying to glue ANYTHING into a cut hole in PB. It’s only the paper face, and the paper face alone that you can get any tiny bit of purchase with, so no, and no again. 
If it’s a true stud wall and there is a cavity, then the collapsable “toggle” fixings reign supreme.  

 

My cut & noggin method seems to work pretty well as the noggins (which I cut to be as long either side as the hole itself, so plenty of area in contact) , glue very well to the inner papered face of the PB. I pull them tight against the wall using some string and a dowel as the adhesive dries.

 

I've used the grippits to hold up a couple of TVs and they are rock solid. Need to drill a perfectly clean hole though. 

[wozza]

50 minutes ago, canalsiderenovation said:

 

Yep! No idea how to work it yet though.....

 

 

 

They are easy - just like @PeterW says, watch this video if you want.

 

How to use a hollow wall anchor setting tool - YouTube

[joe90]

Just make sure the plasterboard (should be 12.5mm) is the same as the blank length of the fixing or they won’t work. I never had a setting tool, just a spanner type thing that stopped the fixing from spinning.

[canalsiderenovation]

It's up all good thanks 

[joe90]

6 hours ago, canalsiderenovation said:

It's up all good thanks 

Which fixing did you use in the end.?

[canalsiderenovation]

1 minute ago, joe90 said:

Which fixing did you use in the end.?

 

The one with the gun thingy I watched the YouTube video.