Bike wall storage. Plasterboard. ACK.

MuchoConfuso

Morning everyone!

Ok, so to the point - my girlfriend and I have a 1st floor flat and there's nowhere to put our 2 bikes freestanding. Therefore, we're going to have to wall-mount them. However, the building itself is pretty new (less than 4yrs old) and as a result the walls are made from plasterboard. It's cheaper and maximizes the profits for the builders!

So I plead for some help - has anyone else mounted their pride and joy on a wall mount set into a plasterboard wall? What mount did you use and how did you fix it? And do you have any pics as well?

Cheers!

allthegearnoidea

being a new build it will/should be built with 400mm framework/stud work, so from the edge of the room you should be able to find the wood battens to use! (same with the roof beams if you go for roof mounted - depending on ceiling height!!!)
some Big utility hooks into the studwork should sort you out for storage!

Ginjafro

You may have a number of options.

1. The plasterboard may be "dab & dob" on to blockwork and this gives the impression of sounding hollow because the board is 20mm or so away from the block surface. In other words you could test drill the plasterboard to establish if there is a solid surface behind. If so a good solid masonry fixing can be achieved.

2. The plasterboard may be fixed to "studwork". This can be either a wooden frame work or if you are unlucky it might be cutting edge metal studwork. If its wood then I would recommend buying a "stud locator", which is a cheap mini metal detector to find the small nails or screws securing the boards to the studs. Securing fixings to wooden studs is safer than relying on plasterboard fixings. Modern studs tend to be centred every 400/450mm and if you can secure wooden batten accros the studs this wood make an excellent surface to make fixings for bike hangers.

3. If the plasterboard is secured to metal studwork then options are limited. Plasterboard fixings can work but I would not like to hang too much weight on them.

Bar Shaker

Its called Dot and Dab but it's very unlikely you have these walls in a new flat.

The most likely is metal studs with the boards screwed on.

If you can locate the studs, you can fix the brackets with Tek Screws and they will take the weight of a bike. Just don't over tighten the Tek Screws when screwing up the brackets.

A mate does plasterboard repairs. The amount of smashed plasma tvs he sees from people screwing the brackets only into the plasterboard, is really quite funny. Ideally, the wall should have timber battens inserted. After inserting the battens, the boards are repaired and the work is invisible but the wall is much, much stronger.

stumpyjon

Use these



If they hold a double radiator on a plasterboard, wall a couple of bikes will be no problem.

fungus_the_muffin_man

Can you not use a gravity stand which just leans against the wall? I have one for 2 of my bikes. Gets them both up against the wall, one above the other and negates the need to destroy your walls and is uber sturdy.

D-Cyph3r

Bar Shaker wrote:

Its called Dot and Dab but it's very unlikely you have these walls in a new flat.

The most likely is metal studs with the boards screwed on.

If you can locate the studs, you can fix the brackets with Tek Screws and they will take the weight of a bike. Just don't over tighten the Tek Screws when screwing up the brackets.

A mate does plasterboard repairs. The amount of smashed plasma tvs he sees from people screwing the brackets only into the plasterboard, is really quite funny. Ideally, the wall should have timber battens inserted. After inserting the battens, the boards are repaired and the work is invisible but the wall is much, much stronger.

Exactly what this man said, i'm a dryliner by trade and he hit the nail on the head perfectly.

redvee

Either of these? No screwing onto the walls. Is the flat rented from a landlord? They might not be too happy about the walls being screwed into.

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... =-1&f_bct=

or

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... =-1&f_bct=

mudcovered

redvee wrote:

Either of these? No screwing onto the walls. Is the flat rented from a landlord? They might not be too happy about the walls being screwed into.

http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebwPNLq ... =-1&f_bct=

I've got the topeak equivalent of this in my kitchen keeping my 3 bikes from taking up too much room. If the EBC one is as sturdy and you can find a corner of a room to put it in then its a great solution.

Mike