Helloo All


To put up shelves onto plaster board ( new build 8 years ago )
there will not be anything heavy on the shelves just bedsite light and alarm clock .

is there anything I need to know or get specifacally for this ( DIY novice)

Thanks for replys

No Nails :thumb:

You can get special wall plugs for plasterboard, use these. Like you say nothing too heavy (& make sure the shelf itself isn't too heavy) & it will be fine.

If the studs in the wall are wood why not just fix the shelves to the studs. They should be regularly spaced at 400 or 600mm.

Dry wall fixings will do it... and definitely use a spirit level - the best DIY tool I ever bought.

the best ones used in the trade have the trade name" redheads"

If the studs in the wall are wood why not just fix the shelves to the studs. They should be regularly spaced at 400 or 600mm.
8 years old it should be 400mm

chop :)

Thanks for all the advice guys, fingers crossed for the weekend that I don't bring half the house down .

Helloo All


To put up shelves onto plaster board ( new build 8 years ago )
there will not be anything heavy on the shelves just bedsite light and alarm clock .

is there anything I need to know or get specifacally for this ( DIY novice)

Thanks for replys
why not try skyhooks:D

you can get plasterboard rawplugs, once in and you screw them up it anchors them behind the wall, you can get them for different thicknessess of plasterboard.

I use spring toggles (http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/RAW94365.html), got the kids TV,DVD mounted on the wall no probs :thumb:

If the studs in the wall are wood why not just fix the shelves to the studs. They should be regularly spaced at 400 or 600mm.

Just a thought you dont mention if this is a solid wall or a partition if its solid it could be "dot and Dab" which is relativly random and could mean you will need proper rawl plugs designed to span the gap.

there are types which spread behind the plasterboard which i have never liked the look of.

Just a footnote i was called back to a house once where the owner had put up shelving against a drylined solid wall and the whole lot including some very heavy books fell over nearly flattenning his young son in the process.
Of course it was My fault :rolleyes: he had put the most pitiful set of srews and plugs which didnt even reach the solid wall

I use spring toggles (http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/RAW94365.html), got the kids TV,DVD mounted on the wall no probs :thumb:

Ahh thems the ones :D:D

Originally Posted by wheelwright
I use spring toggles (http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/RAW94365.html), got the kids TV,DVD mounted on the wall no probs :thumb:

Ahh thems the ones :D:D
:confused:

Do you mean these are the ones to use? or the ones the guy used and the shelving fell ??

Hello All

Thanks for the advice , Successfully put up the shelving and thecurtain pole , bathroom towel rail , all useing the raw plugs for plaster board , and it's all still up and not fall down yet, first time useing a drill as well Woo Hoo

Originally Posted by wheelwright
I use spring toggles (http://www.tool-up.co.uk/shop/diy/RAW94365.html), got the kids TV,DVD mounted on the wall no probs :thumb:


:confused:

Do you mean these are the ones to use? or the ones the guy used and the shelving fell ??

ERRR no the guy putting up shelves might as well have used cow gum for the size of screws/plugs he was using and it was a whole rack of shelving from floor to ceiling.
those toggles are supposed to do the job its just that i would prefer a more solid fixing to timber or solid masonry for anything bigger than a large picture as long as it wasnt a 32 inch plasma telly i would have thought it would be ok