Fixing sink to tiled stud wall

[jddevel]

Two things.
Firstly in the absence of an obvious "batten" to fix to as a guide really good practice dictates that vertical studs should be 400mm apart working from the exterior wall inwards and horizontal 400mm apart working top to bottom then bottom to top alternatively. Well thats how I build my houses and my stud walls DONT shake. Unfortunatly you get what you pay for 600mm wide verticals and one horizontal if your lucky in "modern" thrown up properties.
Second point you may find that Thorsmans` Rota-Plug (The aluminium ones) are far better than ordinary plaster board plugs when ever fixing to plaster board-especially radiater brackets.

 

[heatybob]

Two things.
Firstly in the absence of an obvious "batten" to fix to as a guide really good practice dictates that vertical studs should be 400mm apart working from the exterior wall inwards and horizontal 400mm apart working top to bottom then bottom to top alternatively. Well thats how I build my houses and my stud walls DONT shake. Unfortunatly you get what you pay for 600mm wide verticals and one horizontal if your lucky in "modern" thrown up properties.
Second point you may find that Thorsmans` Rota-Plug (The aluminium ones) are far better than ordinary plaster board plugs when ever fixing to plaster board-especially radiater brackets.

Just to confirm wot JD says if you have a look at your tapes tomorrow you will see marks(usually diamonds) at 405mm and then every 405mm this is joist spacing marks as quoted above.
sorry guys just being a smart a$$,but take a look its soooooooo true :hurray:

 

[mags]

Just to confirm wot JD says if you have a look at your tapes tomorrow you will see marks(usually diamonds) at 405mm and then every 405mm this is joist spacing marks as quoted above.
sorry guys just being a smart a$$,but take a look its soooooooo true :hurray:

One of my tapes has diamonds every 400mm one has dots every 16inches 406.4mm .

 

[Deleted member 1779]

I found that fascinating so of course I rush to dig out my own tape measure...

And its covered in dots!

 

[Rob Z]

In case it is of interest to anyone, the diamond at 19.2" was developed for the engineered "I" joists that are used all over the US and Canada now.

With your tapes marked for 400 mm centers for joists and studs, the layout would change a bit for sheet good. Are sheet goods such as plywood, OSB and drywall sold in metric sizes to correspond to the 400 mm layout system?

 

[jddevel]

Just back from a relaxing holiday on canal boat . Hundreds of emails to wade through!!!!
Anyway most "board" is imported from Russia and such places as Malaya. They are approx. 1240mm wide and therefore not very helpful.

 

[Deleted member 1779]

By pure coincidence it turns out that Professional Builder Magazine actually featured 365drills as part of a project to promote Fisher fixings for the installation of a basin.

I had no idea about this article until the magazine editor posted me these pages as a heads up for the September 2009 edition which will be on counters in Jewsons, Travis Perkins, Wolsey Group and many other builders outlets..

Its just spooky that the topic was started and then all of a sudden an editorial print comes out with the same subject matter...

And to think that earlier in the post I was saying I like coach bolts over Fischer basin fixings - so shame on me!

Maybe I better contact Fischer and tell them that we can supply a twin pack 12mm for use with their basin fitting kits!

Anyway thanks to Professional Builder Magazine for printing the editorial / article and for giving a big shout out to Porsadrill and 365Drills..

PS: If anyone is interested in the full screen article of page-2 then its visible on this site (above its too grainy to read)


R!

 

[Deleted member 1779]

 

[Dan]

Don't mind me while I bump up some of the old threads. I wont be doing this much more. Just the last few in the Tile Drilling forum - How to Drill Porcelain Tiles. Just one of the many tiling advice forums.