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How do I know what weight my walls can take if attaching cabinets?

Anonymous user 09/03/2024 - 3.23 PM

I want to buy some Ikea Besta cabinets to attach to my wall but i think the wall is plasterboard and hardboard behind it- so im told. I have no idea if i can attach these cabinets to the wall safely or if they will be too heavy, especially with items inside. I really need some help attaching the cabinets if the wall can take them but I dont know where to start or how to get advice on this. Please help!

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4 Answers

A Milne Joinery

Rating: 5 out of 5
Aberdeen
Good morning,you would have to get joinery trade person to see if there is framing behind plasterboard,couldn’t give answer without see the job. Sorry can’t help. Thanks again Allly
Answered22 June 2021
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DG Joinery

Rating: 5 out of 5
Glasgow
1. If it's a brick wall you are attaching cabinets to, a 7mm masonry drill bit and brown Rawl plugs, with a 40mm screw will be fine. 2. If it's a plasterboard wall, use heavy duty cavity fixings. Sometimes you will hit the timber frame behind the plasterboard - that's a good thing because then you can screw directly through the plasterboard and into the timber. Again, a decent 40mm screw will do. Google heavy duty cavity fixings. Good luck. David
Answered3 July 2021
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Steves Woods Ltd

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Brighton
It all depends on 3 things. 1, the depth of the cabinet. The deeper the cabinet, the more support it will require. 2, choice of fastenings, and 3, the structural integrity of the surface that the cabinet is being applied to.
Answered22 June 2021
0

Ekram Services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Wapping, London
If the cabinets are fixed to the studs, and the brackets of the cabinets allow for this, then it should cope with heavy loads. But if the cabinets need to be placed in specific locations and the brackets can't be fixed to any studs, rather only to the plasterboard, then it depends on the type of fixings or plugs you use. You would need to check with the manufacturer of the fixings to know what loads they can take, which often depends on the type of plasterboard (e.g. thickness) and diameter of screw.
Answered22 June 2021
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