what fixings for shower screen

[lendini]

thank you all so much indeed for your proffessoinal knowledge on this matter,once again you are all stars to the forum.like the m4 wall anchors as i have used before on holding shelves up in my bedroom etc.if i make the hole big enough in the tile to accept the anchor flange and then drill out the plasterboard smaller diameter to accept the shank and wind the screw to open up the wings then take out the screw and place screen in place i think this should work fine.i own a 365 drill set and marcrist p180 kit.
Also if i am putting up small fittings ie toilet holder etc would you guys use the fittings supplied,rawl plugs and screws and use same method so screw and rawl plug is sittng below tile to avoid cracking

cheers Lee

 

[CJ]

I'd be tempted to use these puppies

Fischer Spring Toggle 5 x 50mm Pack of 20 - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

 

[sweaty sock]

the wall anchors 38777 above are the strongest and need to be fitted after using a 15mm 365 drill bit as it needs to grip the plasterboard below to stop it rotating as u fit it - the screw provided will open out and set the legs in the wall tighten to set ,remove screw and then refasten to fixing -the only draw back is the 15mm hole so you need to see if the fixing to the wall will cover the hole -remember to Silicon behind to seal hole :8: toefee

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Whenever I've fitted non load bearing items to any tile I've never gone beyond rawl plugs.

Even on the double loo roll holder above... (yes double we eat a lot of curry at our house) and in soft tiles.

 

[NickH]

If you can get silicon behind the fitting its going to hold pretty good

 

[White Room]

Personally don,t like the toggle one,s, Just a little thing is if you ever dry line the wall ask where heavy fixtures are going radiators, toilet cistern and the like and add extra dabs of adhesive for more support

 

[Deleted member 1779]

Sweaty Sock makes a valid point. The 16mm drill is part of the all-in-one solution and can cut "plugs" out of a tile to allow access to the material behind.

If (and this is a general statement) you DONT want to use the tile as part of the solution for screws you can cut a plug out of a tile.

But as SS warns be sure the width at 16mm can be covered by your fitting. The 16mm size is included in the kit along with a 30mm and 40mm because these are the most common sizes for service pipes.

Even those self-drive anchors mentioned earlier (the ones I dont recomend..!) will fit inside the plug with room to spare. See:

In the above picture we have cut out a 16mm plug to fit a service pipe but this self drive anchor (below) is in shot

It will drop neatly into the socket and screw into the plasterboard behind.

The main call we get for this type of work is really for very heavy industrial applications like for example when screwing down free standing pay counters into airport terminal floors.

Usually the guys want to fix a steel bar into concrete with chemical anchors and like to cut a neat plug out of the tile without any risk of cracking it insitu.

 

[pjtiler]

thank you all so much indeed for your proffessoinal knowledge on this matter,once again you are all stars to the forum.like the m4 wall anchors as i have used before on holding shelves up in my bedroom etc.if i make the hole big enough in the tile to accept the anchor flange and then drill out the plasterboard smaller diameter to accept the shank and wind the screw to open up the wings then take out the screw and place screen in place i think this should work fine.i own a 365 drill set and marcrist p180 kit.
Also if i am putting up small fittings ie toilet holder etc would you guys use the fittings supplied,rawl plugs and screws and use same method so screw and rawl plug is sittng below tile to avoid cracking

cheers Lee

thats a wrap then
sorted