How do you hang a radiator on a crumbly/lath plaster wall?

[Stanios]

Hi everyone, I am confronted with crumbly wall, the sort that doesnt hold rawl plugs in. Managed to hang all but one rad and made a right mess of the wall on the last 1. Now can stick my finger in the wall. Its a thick wall, going to the job tomorrow and thinking of trying again by moving the bracket.

Is there a magic plug I can use for these kind of walls? I use brown uno rawlplug + 2" 10screw which in all other scenarious gives an outstanding fixing.

 

[rpm]

This might get me shot down in flames however ...........
If you can find solid brick then maybe a chemical fixing rawl plug with studding and a nut?

 

[snowhead]

:builder:

 

[snowhead]

For lath and plaster.
Find the timber studs and put batterns across, then fix the rad brackets to batterns.
Or,
Make a hole in the lath where the brackets will be and slip a piece of 2" x 1" inside to fix to.
Or
Butterfly fixings, maybe 4 per bracket.

For brick.

Dovetail fixing, put screws /plugs in at an angle, 2 one side 2 the other.

 

[Stanios]

Will chemical plug set in a dusty crumbly wall?
Not really getting what dovetail is showhead

 

[mfgs]

You want the toggle fixings that spring out behind the lathe and plaster, 3 or 4 per bracket. Add a bit of adhesive to the brackets as well. Job done.

 

[rpm]

Will chemical plug set in a dusty crumbly wall?

Needs to be pretty solid to work, the chemical reaction causes the plug to expand within the brick.

 

[REDSAW]

no nails...

stick the bracket on.lol

 

[jtsplumbing]

If wall is that bad Batten is best bet, I tend to use, the expanding fixings that you pull up with a fixing gun drill through lath and use a longer fixing never had any problems

 

[rpm]

no nails...

stick the bracket on.lol

Haha, knew there would be one!