Fitting a rad to lathe & plaster wall

[DomC]

Advice please. Im due to fit a new rad (current one is 1740mm long so cannot get like for like size ), but not sure if i will encounter problems fixing it to the wall, as the brackets are usually set on the back of the rad & it is very likely i wont be able to line them up to the studs.

Thanks in advance:ciappa:

 

[Ermintrude]

Run a batton along wall behind rad and fix that to the studs and the brackets to that. Or use pigtails and wait for it falling off?

 

[Ermintrude]

Or key hole wall behind rad slip in some 3*2 so one end is on floor and one is higher than top of rad bracket, screw through wall into stud sandwiching wall between bracket and new short stud. The stud touching floor helps transfer load to floor.

 

[tamz]

With a rad that size you will be better fitting batons across the studs to take the brackets (or some 3/4" ply)

 

[stevetheplumber]

if its a replacenment you stuck with the position if its a new one id always try and get one bracket on a stud you can hang them with toggles but you need a sharp drill

 

[DomC]

if its a replacenment you stuck with the position if its a new one id always try and get one bracket on a stud you can hang them with toggles but you need a sharp drill

Yes its a replacement. Can you get rads with varying bracket positioning ?

 

[TBServices]

Yes its a replacement. Can you get rads with varying bracket positioning ?

I was working in a house not so long ago, the radiator hangers ran the full length of the back of the rad, so you could put the brackets anywhere. GENIUS. Why don't we still have these?

 

[tamz]

I was working in a house not so long ago, the radiator hangers ran the full length of the back of the rad, so you could put the brackets anywhere. GENIUS. Why don't we still have these?

Old Carronrads had them for a short spell in the 80's just before they went out the game.

 

[TBServices]

Now I've seen one, it seems crazy that all rads wouldn't be made this way now, especially as modern buildings have stud walls everywhere.

 

[Howsie]

Ply would be my choice.

 

[oz-plumber]

You can get brackets that can be positioned along the back of the radiator.
They clip to the bottom and top of the panel.

We call them 'Tamper Proof Brackets' - for what ever reason

You will be able to fix to the studs, and then clip the radiator in.

Hope this helps

 

[efficiencyman]

You can get brackets that can be positioned along the back of the radiator.
They clip to the bottom and top of the panel.
We call them 'Tamper Proof Brackets' - for what ever reason
You will be able to fix to the studs, and then clip the radiator in.
Hope this helps

Who makes these ? or are they only available in Australia ?
What British maker produces common sense fixing options ?

 

[Killy Bing]

Who makes these ? or are they only available in Australia ?
What British maker produces common sense fixing options ?

I got a few rads off ebay, german ones with these.
great quality!!

however, being in german instructions they really were tamper proof when i went to take it off....

i would use mdf the full size for the brackets behind, gripfill it and a million screws.....

 

[Sag]

Mdf is the asbestos of the future. Stick to ply!

 

[jonnyswamp]

Convince them to go for a floor standing column rad instead, looks nice etc
May be a bit more pipe work but only needs a relatively light fixing back to wall
Then you get the job to replace all the other rads to match:biggrin5:

 

[ADM360]

Had one job, further down in Devon where the walls were straw panels!! 1"1/2' thick compacted straw, paper finish to plaster, no studs made in 8" x 4" sheets, only option was to cut out back to the nearest timber both sides and fill with 3/4" both side and make good!!

 

[oz-plumber]

Who makes these ? or are they only available in Australia ?
What British maker produces common sense fixing options ?

We make nothing like that here.

Everything we get is imported from you guys or Europe in general.
Delonghi I think make them.

 

[buckley plumb]

did no last month the plaster and lath wall was in poor shape - got a piece of 8mm ply cut slightly smaller than the rad and screwed this to the wall and painted it same as wall the screwed rad to that - worked a treat