Guitar hangers. Plasterboard

poopot

On the cautious side... who put up the stud wall? And did they do a good job?

reason I say that, just renovated a house and there was a stud wall... I suspect the builders also put a post outside to tie their horse to!...

Those stud wall fixings will prolly rip through the plasterboard and top coat under the weight of a guitar...

best bet is to find the vertical timbers and fix to those... don’t fix to the noggins as they won’t be strong enough either...

Stevepage

It's a new build house. Built by Taylor wimpey, only bought the house in November. 

p90fool

Stevepage said:

It's a new build house. Built by Taylor wimpey, only bought the house in November. 

Ah. Definitely buy a floor stand then.

Balrog68

Jalapeno said:

Musicwolf said:

The Shopfitters friend.... I swear by these available at B and Q, made by Diall. 

joeyowen

I couldn't find a better pic, but this is my office with weak walls.  I used the support beam method, 3 years and still going strong.  It holds 6 guitars, including the worlds heaviest Les Paul...

Stevepage

p90fool said:

Stevepage said:

It's a new build house. Built by Taylor wimpey, only bought the house in November. 

Ah. Definitely buy a floor stand then.

Usually, I'd agree but this house is pretty well built. I was surprised as friends bought a new flat a few years back and that was awful.

Fortheloveofguitar

MattP said:

https://www.gripitfixings.co.uk/

These work well 

ive got 10 hanging using Gripit fixings and they are by far the best 

Fortheloveofguitar

Balrog68 said:

Jalapeno said:

Musicwolf said:

The Shopfitters friend.... I swear by these available at B and Q, made by Diall. 

I don’t rate these at all. Over tighten them ever so slightly and they’re ruined as they spin. 

You then can’t get the screw out and worse still they take all the plasterboard our with them  

CeeJay

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Balrog68 said:

Jalapeno said:

Musicwolf said:

The Shopfitters friend.... I swear by these available at B and Q, made by Diall. 

I don’t rate these at all. Over tighten them ever so slightly and they’re ruined as they spin. 

You then can’t get the screw out and worse still they take all the plasterboard our with them  

Yes, They are ok for light weight jobs that won't be touched/moved. I certainly wouldn't trust them to hang a guitar off. As others have said, the only safe method is finding studwork, either to hang the hanger directly, or to screw a batten to. Why take a chance?

Balrog68

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Balrog68 said:

Jalapeno said:

Musicwolf said:

The Shopfitters friend.... I swear by these available at B and Q, made by Diall. 

I don’t rate these at all. Over tighten them ever so slightly and they’re ruined as they spin. 

You then can’t get the screw out and worse still they take all the plasterboard our with them  

If you don't know how to use them properly they can be troublesome, the trick is to pre-drill instead of letting them self drill and tighten by hand. There is no substitute for hitting the the studwork tho, as has been said. 

Balrog68

Fortheloveofguitar said:

Balrog68 said:

Jalapeno said:

Musicwolf said:

The Shopfitters friend.... I swear by these available at B and Q, made by Diall. 

I don’t rate these at all. Over tighten them ever so slightly and they’re ruined as they spin. 

You then can’t get the screw out and worse still they take all the plasterboard our with them  

If you don't know how to use them properly they can be troublesome, the trick is to pre-drill instead of letting them self drill and tighten by hand. There is no substitute for hitting the the studwork tho, as has been said.