I have an electric towel-rail fixed to a partition wall in my bathroom which is plasterboard (paramount board, not stud walling) with ordinary plasterboard plugs, been fine for years. I will be replacing the towel-rail shortly with one that it is a little larger. Meanwhile all the walls are going to be tiled in place of the current wallpaper.
All the tiles that we have found that we like are much larger and thicker than what we expected, typically about 600x300x10mm. Given that most types of plasterboard fixings - whether the 'expanding plastic' or 'metal toggle' types - rely in essence on clamping the plasteboard between the rear of the fitting and some sort of flange on the front, how best to do this please without cracking the tiles when tightenting the fixing?
All the tiles that we have found that we like are much larger and thicker than what we expected, typically about 600x300x10mm. Given that most types of plasterboard fixings - whether the 'expanding plastic' or 'metal toggle' types - rely in essence on clamping the plasteboard between the rear of the fitting and some sort of flange on the front, how best to do this please without cracking the tiles when tightenting the fixing?