Linen Cabinet

11 Responses to “There’s no stud to mount my new bathroom cabinet?”

1. 

   john_paul46804
   

   18. Feb, 2010

   Have you ever heard of toggle bolts?
2. 

   daryleddy
   

   21. Feb, 2010

   My suggestion would be to center the cabinet over the toilet, then mark on the inside of the cabinet were the stud would be behind (i.e., draw a vertical line in pencil). Drill 3 or four holes (depending on how tall the cabinet is) along this vertical line, then put 3 or 4 good screws in the holes you drilled, so that the cabinet is mounted to the stud.
3. 

   James M
   

   23. Feb, 2010

   You will need to mount it onto that one stud.

   Take a piece of lumber about 3/4 x 2 inches or so and cut it to the exact length to fit right inside the cabinet at the back and right onto the upper side under the top. In other words, open the door and put a brace in the back right under the backside of the top.

   Then take a long screw, preferably about a # 8 x 2 1/2 long, first drilling a hole thru that support and thru the back of the cabinet. and onto the dead center of that stud. You might have to offset that screw a bit from dead center of the cabinet, that is OK so long as you center it right above toilet closet.

   Next, do the same thing only on the underside of the bottom, that is below the bottom and fasten that to the stud using a # 8 screw as above.

   Now to finish the job, you need to run a couple screws down thru the top and into that upper support you just installed. They should be about 3/8 of an inch or so from the back itself. So drill thru the top right up to the support that you installed and put a couple of #6 screws in there tieing the top right onto that support which is inside the cabinet.

   Now you can either stain these supports or you can paint them to match the cabinet They will be nearly invisible and hold that cabinet to the wall no matter how much weight you put into it.
4. 

   Colleen S
   

   26. Feb, 2010

   I don’t have a good stud to do those things for me, either. I have to hire one
5. 

   belligerent assistant
   

   01. Mar, 2010

   Another suggestion is to get an over the toliet rack–so you needn’t worry about the wall studs at all.
6. 

   Bear
   

   03. Mar, 2010

   Position the new cabinet where you want it to go..Have someone trace the cabinet to the wall where it will hang. Put the cabinet off to the side. Now being that the medicine cabinet will be hiding the traces you made..Cut out the drywall…Fasten another piece of metal to the stud on the right and the left. This can be done with wood too. Once you get it fastened..screw the piece of drywall back in and now ya got your backer. This is a very easy trick. I just asked my gf how she would do it..she told me exactly what I was thinking. I taught her well. If she can do it..So can you. Good Luck
7. 

   united9198
   

   04. Mar, 2010

   I suggest that you mount a cleat to the stud that you have. The cabinet can rest on the cleat and you can then use molly screws to hold the cabinet to the wall. Make the cleat out of wood and paint it to match the wall.
8. 

   shermisme
   

   05. Mar, 2010

   Put in 3 screws in a vertical line into the one stud that you have
9. 

   car dude
   

   07. Mar, 2010

   i’d screw it to the existing stud at the top and bottom of the cabinet, and also install a couple of moly bolts on either side at the top of the cabinet. the screws will hold it up, the molys will keep it from twisting and pulling away from the wall. and make sure that you leave enough room for head clearance, don’t hang it too low. how much weight are you planning on putting in it anyways? this mounting method should be able to hold 50 lbs, at least. good luck, hope it all works out for ya.
10. 

    Mark G
    

    07. Mar, 2010

    Metal studs aren’t nearly as good as wood studs for holding things up in my experience. The metal is thin and the screw going in doesn’t have that much to grip to.
    I’ve had success in situations like this drilling holes in the mounting strip of the cabinet (or making a mounting strip/cleat if there is none), tranferring the holes to the wall, and using screw in drywall anchors. Molly bolts also work fine, but the screw in anchors (metal or heavy duty plastic) are easy to work with, and a single anchor can be rated to hold as much as 65 lbs. Use 3 for a cabinet that size and you should have no problems .
11. 

    jason c
    

    10. Mar, 2010

    If the cabinet is not going to hold any thing heavy, use plasterboard wall plugs. Otherwise you could cut a whole in the plasterboard, insert a length (24″ in length) Screw and fix this into position and then screw and fix the cabinet to it.