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Is the wall strong enough?
Aug 27^th, 2018, 9:48pm

Hi all,
I’m in the middle of renovating my kitchen, I recently removed a door and the hole was plasterboarded and then plastered over. I’m hoping to mount a vertical radiator where the door used to be but not sure if the plasterboard is strong enough? It’s a stud wall but no studs where the door was (obviously!) however to get the radiator centered in the middle of the wall it would have to go over this plasterboard. Please can anyone advise?

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thescruff Global Moderator Trade Member Author Offline Who said plumbing was easy. Posts: 6037 Total Thanks: 147 For This Post: 0 Gender: Trade: Plumber	Re: Is the wall strong enough? Reply #1 - Aug 27^th, 2018, 10:52pm one should fit noggins to take the radiator brackets so depends on the weight, is the door still in place or did you build a stud wall in the gap
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Reply #2 - Aug 28^th, 2018, 8:15am

You can fit radiators onto sound plasterboard using hollow wall anchors but the plasterboard needs to be firmly fixed to studding. If it's a stud wall and someone plasterboarded over where there was previously a door they should have added some timber to brace the plasterboard. You can check by using a stud finder, set it on metal detection and look for the lines of screws.

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Reply #3 - Aug 28^th, 2018, 8:45pm

thescruff wrote on Aug 27^th, 2018, 10:52pm:

one should fit noggins to take the radiator brackets so depends on the weight, is the door still in place or did you build a stud wall in the gap

Hi thescruff, I got a builder in to plasterboard the wall. The door was removed and plasterboard added to each side in line with the wall. I’m not sure if he added extra beams or how he did it, now it’s been plastered over so I need to check into this. Thanks for the input

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Reply #4 - Aug 28^th, 2018, 8:48pm

woodsmith wrote on Aug 28^th, 2018, 8:15am:

Thanks woodsmith, I’ll defo need to get a stud finder as I’m not sure exactly what was done. Hopefully he did put some timber in the hole so it will be an easy fix!

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