Not what you want when your kitchen wall unit is full of your best crockery – a gift from the mother in law! Using the hole in the plasterboard as a guide; Drill into the solid wall using the 8mm masonry drill. Corefix 100 (red) is the standard go to fixing for installations where the fixture thickness is up to 10mm (e. Unlike inferior plastic versions, Corefix has a steel core and this transfers the load from the plasterboard to the solid blockwork or masonry material behind the plasterboard, so whilst other frame fixings claim to perform the same role they can severely distort or crush the plasterboard into the void – not what you want when your boiler is dependent on them holding secure! The original and Plus30 products carry a safe working load of 100kg whilst Corefix Air, carries a 73kg safe working load.

No matter your experience level, the straightforward design is quick and easy to install with only a drill, hammer and screwdriver. Fischer DuoPower and the blue coloured Rawl 4 All both spring to mind… Have I just outed myself as a wall plug nerd? Check out some YouTube videos of them, the trick is in the massive surface area that they have to hold the back of the plasterboard.I used Corefix Air fixings to hang and secure new kitchen wall cabinets to a dot and dab over aerated concrete block wall. The correct term used for the fixing used for attaching heavier objects to plasterboard walls is the rawl plug.

Furthermore, their core is held within the wall plug and so itself provides additional lateral support that the pipe/broom method doesn't. Push the plug in to check if fits, you can used a screw to pull it out if you need to do further drilling to achieve the right depth. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Use the drill to create a hole, hammer in the wall plugs and steel core, and secure the screw with a screwdriver to complete the installation. HOWEVER I also bought the normal Corefix fixings (the red ones) and this one as this one states designed for thermolite blocks.Always, Always, Always check with a cable pipe detector before you drill into a 'dot and dab' or plasterboard wall suspended on wooden battens. All you need to install these fixings are a screwdriver, hammer, and drill, providing a no-fuss set-up. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

Note the screws are 6mm diameter, check the holes in your fitting can accommodate the screw size, you may need to gently open up the bracket hole with a 6mm metal drill to ensure a good fit.

Metex have removed the guesswork from choosing a fixing by offering a ‘fixing or hook for every application’. Specially designed for dot and dab walls, Corefix wall fixings include a durable steel core that transfers the load directly to the solid wall behind, preventing the plasterboard from crushing under the weight of your fixture. Other materials that it can be used in conjunction with include fibreboards and insulated plasterboard.

If your plasterboard wall is a dot and dab wall, then yes definitely you can fix your kitchen wall cabinets to that wall, but only if you use the correct type of wall fixings and for that we recommend Corefix. Corefix has been rigorously tested in house and also by an independent test laboratory, and has been proven to safely support huge loads. This is what prevents the load can severely distorting or crushing the plasterboard into the void – which is what is likely to happen over time with the other inferior fixings.Simply drill the hole through the plasterboard and into the solid wall behind, ensuring the total depth is a minimum of 100mm, remove any dust or debris from the hole before gently tapping the Corefix plug into place until the flange sits against the plasterboard. I used these for fixing some additional kitchen storage items from Ikea and installing a TV and so simple to use but with giving a robust trust worthy heavy duty fixing. Corefix is a unique heavy duty fixing system for dot and dab wall construction, a method used almost exclusively in the UK’s new build homes. To be certain, you may need to drill a small hole though the plasterboard; with drylining you will normally find a void behind the plasterboard and solid masonry at a depth of between about 20-40mm.