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I followed his advise and the TV didn’t fall off the wall . There’s various fixings you can buy that try to find a solution to this problem but I think the one set out above works very well.
There's also loads of decent drills about - just look for a good offer with a couple of batteries included at Screwfix etc. Mine is a Hitachi but I think they’ve rebranded now.
More than. Measured it! Keeping us comfortable in the summer so far (hardly a beltwr but the hottest day of the year was fine) and should keep us warm in winter.
for kitchen units you can get a continuous long bracket as a strip, you then fix where is best for Yu and ya g the units on, doddle.
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Get the most powerful (voltage + battery amps) that you can afford. If you might ever use other battery powered tools (lamps, lawnmowers etc.) it might be worth planning ahead & buying into a brand that has interchangeable batteries.
Get good wall fixings too.
Better yet, can't you just ask around & try borrowing a drill, as you might not use it much?
My ex. neighbour used my SDS drill (I have solid stone walls) more than I did...
Unless this is some sort of super-insulated ecobuild, you've normally got your brick/blockwork (outside wall), with stud work fixed to that, insulation between the stud work frame, and then plasterboard over the top of that stud work - ie the wall that you see.
The insulation layer is normally 100mm - and plasterboard is perhaps 10mm on top of that.
There's no point screwing anything into the insulation. You've either got to work out where the stud work is (look for the nails in the plasterboard), or go all the way through the insulation into the blockwork behind - but that's going to be a little tricky too because you've got to be able to push the rawlplugs or fixings all the way through the insulation and properly into the blockwork behind.
As long as you screwing into something solid, a decent quality screw should be more than adequate. I've put up kitchen wall cupboards, fixed to the wall with something like 4 x 2.5"/8s screws, and then filled the cupboards up with all the crockery, and they've stayed on the wall.
So maybe I'm being thick (pun intended) if I'm giving a mad measurement?
Advice from builder was to go through to the blockwork so I assume a long bit, plug and screw is called for...
I guess it is mega thick walls
i have a 40” plasma screen in a frame to a plasterboard internal wall
- no blockwork wall available.
but generally fix heavy stuff to studs if available and right locations
or timber batten to studs, and plasterboard fixings through the battery and plasterboard, fully anchored tight in the void
but my guitars just hang from plasterboard fixings
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Kittyfrisk’s advice on drills is good. Screwfix usually have deals and decent prices. Stick to a major brand and get one with a couple of decent voltage LiOn batteries (the battery is guaranteed to run out at the most inopportune time).
@rocker I might consider it, but I'd like to learn, and to be honest I'd probably enjoy it! I'm having ceiling fit curtains done by a pro, though.
Note for all - curtains - fucking hell! Save up.
@boogieman @Kittyfrisk thanks, I've found this which looks sound - I'm paid in a couple of weeks and should be able to stretch to it.
https://www.screwfix.com/p/dewalt-dcd778l2t-sfgb-18v-3-0ah-li-ion-xr-brushless-cordless-combi-drill/8395v
I've found corded drills but they are massive and heavy! This is the closets - bigger, but not 5kg!
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/7235548?gclsrc=aw.ds&&cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156|acid:444-797-0832|cid:596310901|agid:28594123885|tid:aud-484139255901:pla-329075210153|crid:95887239565|nw:g|rnd:13445369494724313939|dvc:m|adp:1o3|mt:|loc:9050370&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpavpBRDQARIsAPfTwizfeJRfa1dWUbyCosnnLECYRO5mAltdk8SA62c4F8VfDQP7z1SdXNMaAtKsEALw_wcB
Available for 40 quid from amazon... So that's high on my list. Any thoughts on the bosch easy impact 550 for casual DIY that goes into bricks?
Definitely not! It's just, it's three times the price of a corded one...!
poke a tiny hole through the plasterboard and see hw far to solid block?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cabinet-Hanging-Wall-Mounting-Rail-Bracket-Length-Kitchen-Cupboard-Hanger-1m-2m/202291977674?hash=item2f198a9dca:m:m6iLj7_RYbcUZ5NnNQg6RSA
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bosch-Cordless-Combi-Lithium-Ion-Batteries/dp/B00L3XK06C/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1M7EBOLFO4ZTP&keywords=bosch+cordless+drill&qid=1563122247&s=gateway&sprefix=Bosch+cordle%2Caps%2C184&sr=8-5
And Amazon frequently offer them at £49.99 which makes them a steal. I have 2 sets and just fitted a load of kitchen cupboards using them.