wattsj => The pipes are in fact a B&Q curtain pole cut in half (£18 ish)....it is a black one, 28mm diameter and they do other colours/sizes - Simple, but effective
Originally posted by depsi
gr8 site Jasonjo
I think you've solved most of my installation worries.
If you or anyone else could answer some of my quries, that would be very much appreciated. (Sorry if these are a bit basic)
1) My house is of modern constuction (12 years) I can see some soft blocks behind the plaster board that just crumble when you insert a screw driver into them. Are these "Aircrete blocks"
2) Twist Lock Anchor - how do these secure into the block do they lock into place when twisted ?. Also only about 30mm goes into the aircrete block is this sufficient ?.
3) Which screws\bolts did you use. type, thickness,length.
4) Was thinking of getting the Av sales bracket (power buy section) is it completely flush against the wall (I want the flatest bracket possible). Also is it supplied with the appropiate screw\bolts ?.
5)Havent thought too much about installation but I was visualising using some kind of large and long bolts that goto into the breeze block and open outwards. I take it these probably dont even exists and isnt the way to go
depsi => Answers to above...
1) Yes, more than likely
2) You drill a pilot hole and then bang them in with a hammer, as you bang them in, they twist and grip to the aircrete block - they take quiet a bit of hammering to get through the plaster bit though. Once hammed they should be flush such that approx 5cm of the anchor is in the wall. (I only had a skim layer of plater on my wall so quite a bit of the anchor is in the aircrete.
3) I meant to add this, but wasn't 100%, from memory, I think they were 7mm x 100mm screws, they came with some other fischer fixings I ordered before - check out B&Q or the datasheet PDF's available for the twist lock anchor on the fischer website.
4) Yes, very flush - back of plasma is about 18mm from wall. Not quite a professional as the unicol mounts but pretty good for the money. No screws or bolts for wall, just bracket and screws to attach bracket plates to the back of the plasma (lots of different screws for assorted palsma types)
5) These type of fixings are not suitable for aircrete and are deisgned for brick wall or solid concrete construction and are called expanding bolts IIRC.
Cheers
JJ