Author Topic: Mounting cabinets on plaster over lath on a brick wall  (Read 1249 times)

smrf

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Mounting cabinets on plaster over lath on a brick wall
« on: March 26, 2018, 11:06:11 AM »
We have an Ikea wall system we would like to install on an external wall. The issue for me is that the wall is plater on lath over a brick wall and I'm not sure the best way to mount to it. I know how to use something like a tapcon and masonry bits to go directly into brick, but usually I can actually see the brick to put the tapcon in the right place plus the tapcon will be flush to the brick, in this case there's about an inch of plaster and lath on top of the brick.

My thought was to strip off a chunk of the plaster with a saw or something and then install a piece of plywood in the gap directly to the brick (using tapcons?) and *then* install the ikea cabinets.

Am I just making this more complicated than is necessary?

It's going in my kid's room so I want to make sure it's installed quite securely.

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Re: Mounting cabinets on plaster over lath on a brick wall
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2018, 10:55:13 AM »
Assuming solid "red" bricks, I'd just go for your first suggestion as it's not likely you'll always hit a mortar line or the edge of a brick and you can put in more than really necessary. You could remove a small section that will be covered up to extrapolate where horizontal mortar lines are so you know your top and bottom tapcons will be at least horizontally near the middle of a row.

Obviously you'll need longer tapcons and I wouldn't use anything under 1/4" dia. I'd use washers, too, to not suck the head into the material too much.

I'm assuming moisture isn't an issue on this wall.

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Re: Mounting cabinets on plaster over lath on a brick wall
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2018, 12:59:01 PM »
Thanks. Moisture is not an issue. I'll give this a try!

 

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