Plasterboard wall plugs for TV bracket

[Anthony Deakin]

Hi all, it seems that each time i buy a plasterboard wall plugs to screw into plasterboard either it wont hold the weight of the TV bracket or comes loose after a while.
Can anyone please recommend a decent one?

Thank you

 

[Phil L]

Have you tried the butterfly wings or just the pigtail ones?

 

[Strima]

Is this a stud wall or dot and dab?

 

[Zerax]

...and how big is the TV ?

 

[Pretty Mouth]

Hi all, it seems that each time i buy a plasterboard wall plugs to screw into plasterboard either it wont hold the weight of the TV bracket or comes loose after a while.
Can anyone please recommend a decent one?

Thank you

Fischer cavity fixings are about as good as it gets:

Fischer HM-S Metal Cavity Fixing

The fischer cavity metal anchor HM-S is a versatile cavity fixing with a metric screw for all panel building materials.The fixing is set with the fischer installation pliers HM-Z 1 in the pre-positioned installation. The fixing is pulled in the cavity against the board building material with the...

www.toolstation.com

Note that if the bracket is one of the arm-type ones that holds the TV away from the wall, no plasterboard fixing is going to be up to the job, the lever effect is too strong for them. But for the ones that hold the tv against the wall and allow it to be tilted, the above fixings work well

 

[SJD]

If a stud wall, I'd consider removing a small section of plasterboard to fit a noggin between studs (behind TV, so not visible), refit the plasterboard after and fill the join.
If a dot & dab wall, use deep wall plug fixings into the blocks/bricks, and if needed fill the gap between the blocks and the board with plaster, allow to set before mounting bracket/TV.

 

[LukeD]

Try a 60 inch pioneer Kuro on a wall !!!!

 

[nicebutdim]

I dug out some old Piranha wall plugs for this very purpose (they're soft and grip stud walls very well) and had no issues.

What I'll add is that it was a very light 32" LED tv and I used a fairly large, slimline mounting bracket to ensure the largest possible footprint on the wall. Realistically there is only so much that can be achieved on plasterboard, without additioinal reinforcement.

 

[Anthony Deakin]

Thanks guys ?

 

[Midwest]

I've used these for similar;

Heavy Duty Plasterboard Fixings | Cavity Wall Fixings | GeeFix

GeeFix ultimate heavy duty plasterboard fixings, cavity wall / hollow wall anchors for heavy objects. Works with materials between 3mm & 75mm

www.geefix.com

 

[Yozza19]

Most of the time it isn’t the fixings that fail but the plasterboard themselves anything over 5kg I would recommend installing a mounting board between joists

 

[LukeD]

Most of the time it isn’t the fixings that fail but the plasterboard themselves anything over 5kg I would recommend installing a mounting board between joists

THis.. Just cut out a small section. slide in some ply. screw a few screws to locate it .Then fit the bracket through the plasterboard and into the Ply using woodscrews .
easy

 

[UNG]

If it's a stud wall just span the studs with a couple 3mm steel or aluminium flat bars and fix the bracket to them

 

[telectrix]

cut a 18" x 9" rectangle out. glue in a concrete block with drywall adhesive. fix TV.

 

[MJPD29]

I could never fix a TV to a plasterboard wall. It would play on my mind constantly that it would fall. Any time I've done it, I've found a stud or opened up the wall behind where the bracket will cover and fitted a ground for it. I wouldn't leave the life of my beautiful new tv in the hands of a few plasterboard fixings

 

[Pretty Mouth]

I could never fix a TV to a plasterboard wall. It would play on my mind constantly that it would fall. Any time I've done it, I've found a stud or opened up the wall behind where the bracket will cover and fitted a ground for it. I wouldn't leave the life of my beautiful new tv in the hands of a few plasterboard fixings

The plasterboard fixings I linked to above are IIRC good for up to 20kg each fixing, and are fine for a bracket that fixes the TV flat to the wall. I have fitted loads this way with no problems. Watch this youtube vid:

 

[LukeD]

Remember ,many of you have kitchen wall cabinets hanging on by plasterboard plugs !

 

[telectrix]

Remember ,many of you have kitchen wall cabinets hanging on my plasterboard plugs !

mainly reinforced by a couple of 3" x 10's directly into 1 leg of a RFC.

 

[DPG]

It's surprising how much weight you can hang on plasterboard if you use a good fixing. As long as it is a shear force, ie. not a TV arm that folds out from the wall.

 

[littlespark]

When my neighbours house flooded, and he was getting a new kitchen out the insurance, I helped myself to some old units that matched my own.

surprised to find they were held up with screws into plasterboard… no fancy fixings, not even a rawlplug…. And half a tube of “sticks-like-s**t”