Kitchen unit fell of wall
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I have gone through 2 boxes of these in our house, but they failed on my coat rack, and I replaced them with the frame fixings mentioned above.
A coat rack killed them? I had one of these http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/...ases/kallax-shelving-unit-white-art-80275887/
complete with doors and drawers and full of junk hanging off a wall just using 4 of them! I also have a 5u rack hanging of a wall using 2 of them in the garage. Out of curiosity, what failed? Was it the plug or the wall around the plug?
Dave
complete with doors and drawers and full of junk hanging off a wall just using 4 of them! I also have a 5u rack hanging of a wall using 2 of them in the garage. Out of curiosity, what failed? Was it the plug or the wall around the plug?
Dave
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that is a very good point
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Search for corefix fixings. They can take 200kg per fixing. Someone on YouTube demonstrated hanging his huge Pioneer plasma tv using just one of these fixings.
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Grip it fixings are just silly. Drilling 14mm holes to hang pictures lol
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Grip it fixings are just silly. Drilling 14mm holes to hang pictures lol
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They do have red plugs rammed down inside there but obviously didnt do the job.
Rigifix fittings arrived today, they certainly look the part. gonna have a go at them next week
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You can easily test the makeup of the block work behind with a drill. If it's thermalite you will find that you can drill it with a regular drill bit and no hammer. This is not to say you want to do your final fixing this way, it's just to establish what's back there. When fixing to thermalite type blocks, use a masonry bit with no hammer. Thermalite just turns to mush using a hammer action. Without the hammer you will end up with a true hole and not a crumbly mess. I have used rigifix fixings on our dot and dab/thermalite walls and you can hang off them once installed.
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Another vote for RigiFix from me. I've hung two big radiators, fixed a 65" TV and a heavy wall mounted entertainment cabinet containing all our A/V stuff with a heavy sound bar on top to the walls in our new build house. The walls are plasterboard dot & dabbed over Thermalite blocks, which I understand is pretty common these days. The house builder / contractors just used regular screws directly into the Thermalite blocks to fix the original radiators 
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7mm drill into the breeze, brown plugs, longer screws.
I hang stuff everyday on new build sites (commercial) with dot and dab walls and to take weights much heavier than a domestic kitchen unit. Unless the plasterboards has completely started to break up there and looks unsafe then I'd just re-drill and plug it with the right fixings.
I hang stuff everyday on new build sites (commercial) with dot and dab walls and to take weights much heavier than a domestic kitchen unit. Unless the plasterboards has completely started to break up there and looks unsafe then I'd just re-drill and plug it with the right fixings.
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Just to close this out
Drilled 2 holes in the back of the unit and used m10 rigifix fittings.
Dont think its ever gonna come off the wall again
Drilled 2 holes in the back of the unit and used m10 rigifix fittings.
Dont think its ever gonna come off the wall again
I'd be very surprised if it does! I have hung large TV's, wall mounted book shelves and have no issues
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nothing like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut 
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I was going to suggest getting a hanging rail, but looks like i was beaten to it. These are much more secure than the small pieces of rail at each end. Then put a couple of fixing at the bottom through the back of the cabinet with a piece of spacer behind the back panel.
https://www.locksonline.com/Cabinet-Hanger-Wall-Rail-2032mm-Long-6492.html
Also when i put the rail on I usually drill at a slight downward angle to add a bit more security.
Edit: Aaaannndd I should have read every post
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https://www.locksonline.com/Cabinet-Hanger-Wall-Rail-2032mm-Long-6492.html
Also when i put the rail on I usually drill at a slight downward angle to add a bit more security.
Edit: Aaaannndd I should have read every post
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I had this exact thing happen at a previous house. I repaired it by using a cabinet hanging rail which allowed me to use more screws among the length. I used one that was long enough to reach both hooks.